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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· 10 hours agoAn effort to define solitary confinement in Maine law failed to receive a vote in the Legislature...
Solitary confinement in Illinois prisons violates human rights, Chicago lawyers group says
Chicago Sun-Times· 4 days agoJoseph Moore spent 15 months in a room the size of a parking space. In response, Naomi Puzzello, an...
Illinois lawmakers shouldn't leave solitary confinement policies alone
Chicago Sun-Times· 2 days agoNo matter what it is called — solitary confinement, isolation, segregation, restrictive housing, the...
Jury awards $16 million to a Philly man whose death row murder conviction was overturned
Philly.com· 7 days agoA jury has awarded $16 million to a Philadelphia man whose murder conviction was overturned after he...
Lawmakers call for release of Putin’s ‘political prisoner number one'
Fox News via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAfter the death of Alexei Navalny, a Russian human rights lawyer says Kremlin critic Vladimir...
Missouri prison agency to pay $60K for Sunshine Law violations over inmate death records
The Daily Dunklin Democrat· 14 hours agoLouis from learning her son hanged himself with a bedsheet while in solitary confinement. The department asserted the records were inmate medical records ...
US says Russia used choking agents against Ukrainian troops, breaching chemical weapons ban
CNN.com· 1 day agoThe United States has formally accused Russia of using chemical weapons “as a method of warfare”...
Judge declares mistrial after jury deadlocks in lawsuit filed by former Abu Ghraib prisoners
San Francisco Chronicle· 22 hours agoA judge declared a mistrial Thursday after a jury said it was deadlocked and could not reach a...
‘Live my truth’: Transgender woman fights for rights inside Leavenworth men’s prison
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 1 day agoOther research has found that transgender people who are incarcerated have problems accessing...
Oversight inspectors accuse Sheriff's Department of retaliation after reports on jail fires
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 day agoIn 1921, the former county jail descended into an 18-hour riot after one man started a fire to heat...