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Illinois lawmakers shouldn't leave solitary confinement policies alone
Chicago Sun-Times· 1 day agoNo matter what it is called — solitary confinement, isolation, segregation, restrictive housing, the...
The long road to end solitary confinement in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Examiner via Yahoo News· 6 days agoSince that December day in 2022, Hirte has grappled with painful questions about how to protect […]...
Solitary confinement in Illinois prisons violates human rights, Chicago lawyers group says
WBEZ 91.5 Chicago· 3 days agoJoseph Moore spent 15 months in a room the size of a parking space. In response, Naomi Puzzello, an...
Hot Docs’ ‘The Strike,’ About the Fight Against Solitary Confinement in California, Debuts Trailer...
Variety· 6 days agoThe doc tells the story of America’s supermax prison Pelican Bay, which opened in 1989 and was...
‘Live my truth’: Transgender woman fights for rights inside Leavenworth men’s prison
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoOther research has found that transgender people who are incarcerated have problems accessing...
Federal judge finds Georgia prison officials in contempt over confinement practices
Macon Telegraph via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThey start to hallucinate. They start talking to their dead grandma — who has been dead 10 years —...
Oversight inspectors accuse Sheriff's Department of retaliation after reports on jail fires
LA Times via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoIn 1921, the former county jail descended into an 18-hour riot after one man started a fire to heat...
US says Russia used choking agents against Ukrainian troops, breaching chemical weapons ban
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoThe United States has formally accused Russia of using chemical weapons “as a method of warfare”...
Lawmakers call for release of Putin’s ‘political prisoner number one'
Fox News via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAfter the death of Alexei Navalny, a Russian human rights lawyer says Kremlin critic Vladimir...
$700k settlement awarded to estate of Charleston man who died in custody in Florida
ABC News 4 Charleston· 6 days agoA $700,000 settlement on behalf of the estate of a Charleston man who died in custody at a Florida...