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Are Maine prisoners being held in solitary confinement? Without a definition, it’s hard to say
Maine Morning Star via Yahoo News· 7 days agoAn effort to define solitary confinement in Maine law failed to receive a vote in the Legislature...
Solitary confinement is like a ‘casket,’ says blind incarcerated New Yorker
WPIX New York City, NY via Yahoo News· 1 day agoNEW YORK (PIX11) – Maurice Anthony, a 42-year-old legally blind man incarcerated in New York,...
Nearly 500 Texas prison inmates suffer from flawed punitive housing system, lawsuit says | Houston...
Houston Public Media· 9 hours agoGambill escaped from a county jail in 2002, was retroactively assigned a code and put in solitary ...
Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi sentenced to death for protesting
CNN via Yahoo News· 5 days agoDissident rapper Toomaj Salehi has been given a death sentence for his involvement in the widespread...
First Circuit checks RI prison staff’s qualified immunity against solitary confinement claims
Courthouse News Service· 1 day agoCivil rights lawyers urged a federal appeals panel on Wednesday to find that Rhode Island corrections officers violated constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment by keeping ...
Fewer than 10 show for rally at Brooklyn prison for NY man held for Jan. 6 assault charges
Lohud | The Journal News via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe rally, led by Lang's father, Ned Lang of Narrowsburg, was set up to protest Jake Lang's...
Vietnam veteran Harlan Chapman, held 7 years as POW, dies at 89
Stars and Stripes· 16 hours agoRetired Lt. Col. Harlan Page Chapman, a Marine held for seven years as a prisoner-of-war during the...
Judge won't reconvene jury after disputed verdict in New Hampshire youth center abuse case
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoDavid Meehan, who alleged he was repeatedly raped, beaten and held in solitary confinement at the...
Rally planned at Brooklyn prison for NY man held since 2021 on Jan. 6 cop-assault charges
Gannett via AOL· 2 days agoSupporters of Capitol riot defendant Jake Lang plan to rally outside a Brooklyn prison on Wednesday...
New push to end solitary confinement in federal prisons
WCVB Boston· 3 days agoThe two U.S. senators from Massachusetts are calling on the federal Bureau of Prisons to end ...