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Solitary confinement in Illinois prisons violates human rights, Chicago lawyers group says
Chicago Sun-Times· 7 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· 5 days agoNo matter what it is called — solitary confinement, isolation, segregation, restrictive housing, the...
Are Maine prisoners being held in solitary confinement? Without a definition, it’s hard to say
Maine Morning Star via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAn effort to define solitary confinement in Maine law failed to receive a vote in the Legislature...
Settlement reached in county jail conditions lawsuit
Santa Maria Sun· 7 days agoParties in the Murray v. County of Santa Barbara jail conditions case reached a “groundbreaking settlement” on July 17, a press release from Disability Rights California, Prison Law Office, ...
US says Russia used choking agents against Ukrainian troops, breaching chemical weapons ban
CNN.com· 4 days agoThe United States has formally accused Russia of using chemical weapons “as a method of warfare”...
When Prison and Mental Illness Amount to a Death Sentence
New York Times· 23 hours agoMarkus Johnson slumped naked against the wall of his cell, skin flecked with pepper spray, his face...
‘Live my truth’: Transgender woman fights for rights inside Leavenworth men’s prison
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 4 days agoOther research has found that transgender people who are incarcerated have problems accessing...
Judge declares mistrial after jury deadlocks in lawsuit filed by former Abu Ghraib prisoners
San Francisco Chronicle· 3 days agoA judge declared a mistrial Thursday after a jury said it was deadlocked and could not reach a...
US issues hundreds of sanctions targeting Russia, takes aim at Chinese companies
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 5 days agoWASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Wednesday issued hundreds of fresh sanctions targeting...
Missouri prison agency to pay $60K for Sunshine Law violations over inmate death records
The Daily Dunklin Democrat· 3 days agoLouis from learning her son hanged himself with a bedsheet while in solitary confinement. The department asserted the records were inmate medical records ...