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We talked to 100 people about their experiences in solitary confinement – this is what we learned
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 8 months agoLiving conditions in a solitary cell at New York's Rikers Island jail. AP Photo/Bebeto MatthewsThe...
Prisoners Say New Jersey’s Alternative To Solitary Confinement Is Pretty Much The Same
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 8 months agoProgressives celebrated a 2019 law meant to reform solitary confinement. But the state’s Department...
New York City may ban solitary confinement in jails as a bill outlawing the practice gets veto-proof...
NBC Universal via AOL· 2 years agoA bill that would ban the practice of solitary confinement in New York City jails now has a...
California debates solitary confinement in local jails — and whether it's really possible to end it
LA Times via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAn inmate stands in his cell at the main jail in downtown Sacramento. A California Assembly bill to...
Children face solitary confinement in cells at Illinois juvenile detention facility, ACLU says
theGrio via AOL· 11 months agoThe lawsuit seeks a court order compelling the facility to improve conditions immediately, on the...
Opinion: Call to action to stop inhumane practice of solitary confinement in NC prisons
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 11 months ago“You will never be the same.” Every day, tens of thousands of incarcerated Americans are subjected...
‘Moral blight’: Prisons in MO, KS use solitary more than national average, report says
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA Missouri prisoner told The Star that solitary confinement “is a day to day assault on the mind and...
Massachusetts inmates sue prison system over solitary confinement policies
WFXT via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBOSTON (AP) — Inmates in Massachusetts have filed a class action lawsuit challenging the state...
Supreme Court rejects prisoner’s appeal on prolonged solitary confinement
The Independent via Yahoo News· 7 months agoIn a 6-3 decision, the court’s majority declined to take an appeal from an Illinois prisoner held in...
Appeals court: Mentally ill prisoner held in solitary confinement for months can sue MDOC
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoLANSING — Michigan Department of Corrections officials can be sued for apparently violating their own rules by placing a seriously mentally ill prisoner in solitary confinement for three months ...