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ICE kept a California immigrant in solitary confinement for two years, study finds
LA Times via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAn immigrant makes a call from his 'segregation cell' at the Adelanto Detention Facility in 2013....
New York City Council Votes To Ban Most Uses Of Solitary Confinement In City Jails
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe New York City Council has voted in favor of banning most uses of solitary confinement in city...
Column: Solitary confinement is shrouded in secrecy and open to abuse. Why does California allow it?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoKevin McCarthy enjoys the sun on his back in Laguna Beach after being held in solitary confinement...
Abortion, solitary confinement, minimum wage and more: Connecticut laws that take effect July 1
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNew laws or provisions of existing laws will take effect Friday, including an expansion on who can...
Op-Ed: Here in San Quentin, I see why solitary confinement must end
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAn inmate looks out a window in his solitary confinement cell at the Main Jail in San Jose. Some...
House Democrats introduce bill to end solitary confinement
The Hill via Yahoo News· 9 months agoRep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) led Democrats in introducing legislation Thursday to end solitary confinement...
Gavin Newsom rushes solitary confinement changes. They could make reforms an ‘uphill battle’
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 7 months agoCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration is expediting changes to the state’s solitary...
Bill to restrict solitary confinement in California stalls out in Sacramento
LA Times via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAssemblymember Chris Holden (D-Pasadena) agreed to hold a bill to limit solitary confinement in...
California prisons say there is no solitary confinement. So why are inmates isolated for years?
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s webpage on restricted housing includes...
Solitary confinement is costly, dangerous for inmates. Texas needs better rules over it | Opinion
Fort Worth Star-Telegram McClatchy via AOL· 1 year agoAt the start of the 2023 Texas legislative session, 300 incarcerated men went on a hunger strike to...