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Illinois lawmakers shouldn't leave solitary confinement policies alone
Chicago Sun-Times· 17 hours 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
Chicago Sun-Times· 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 via AOL· 6 days agoIn “The Strike,” directors JoeBill Munoz and Lucas Guilkey chronicle a 2013 prison hunger strike...
Family of man who died in Mecklenburg jail after pleading for medication settles lawsuit
Charlotte Observer· 7 days agoIn response, the Nashville, Tennessee-based company’s chief legal officer wrote that Wellpath was...
Federal judge finds Georgia prison officials in contempt over confinement practices
Macon Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThey start to hallucinate. They start talking to their dead grandma — who has been dead 10 years —...
Family of American man believed to be held by Taliban asks the UN torture investigator for help
WSOC-TV Charlotte· 7 days agoWASHINGTON — (AP) — Lawyers for an American believed to be held by the Taliban for nearly two years...
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...
US issues hundreds of sanctions targeting Russia, takes aim at Chinese companies
Reuters· 8 hours agoThe United States on Wednesday issued hundreds of fresh sanctions targeting Russia over the war in...
Justice department to pay 700K to estate of Charleston man who died in federal prison
WCBD-TV Charleston· 6 days agoCHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The Department of Justice has agreed to pay $700,000 to the estate of a...