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We talked to 100 people about their experiences in solitary confinement – this is what we learned
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 7 months agoLiving conditions in a solitary cell at New York's Rikers Island jail. AP Photo/Bebeto MatthewsThe...
New York City may ban solitary confinement in jails as a bill outlawing the practice gets veto-proof...
NBC Universal via AOL· 2 years agoA bill that would ban the practice of solitary confinement in New York City jails now has a...
Prisoners Say New Jersey’s Alternative To Solitary Confinement Is Pretty Much The Same
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 7 months agoProgressives celebrated a 2019 law meant to reform solitary confinement. But the state’s Department...
Children face solitary confinement in cells at Illinois juvenile detention facility, ACLU says
Associated Press via AOL· 10 months agoChildren as young as 11 are confined alone to cells the size of parking spaces up to 23 hours a day...
California debates solitary confinement in local jails — and whether it's really possible to end it
LA Times via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAn inmate stands in his cell at the main jail in downtown Sacramento. A California Assembly bill to...
Opinion: Call to action to stop inhumane practice of solitary confinement in NC prisons
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 9 months ago“You will never be the same.” Every day, tens of thousands of incarcerated Americans are subjected...
‘Moral blight’: Prisons in MO, KS use solitary more than national average, report says
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA Missouri prisoner told The Star that solitary confinement “is a day to day assault on the mind and...
Massachusetts inmates sue prison system over solitary confinement policies
WFXT via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBOSTON (AP) — Inmates in Massachusetts have filed a class action lawsuit challenging the state...
Supreme Court rejects prisoner’s appeal on prolonged solitary confinement
The Independent via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIn a 6-3 decision, the court’s majority declined to take an appeal from an Illinois prisoner held in...
What 24 Hours Looks Like in Three Prisons
Slate via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThis is part of Time, Online, a Future Tense series on how technology is changing prisons. We asked people in three states to keep 24-hour tech-use...