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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...
Illinois lawmakers shouldn't leave solitary confinement policies alone
Chicago Sun-Times· 22 hours agoA new report that zeroed in on a 12-year period at Illinois prisons reached the same sobering...
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...
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 […]...
‘The Strike’ Review: Doc Chronicles a Battle to Halt Endless Solitary Confinement
Variety via Yahoo News· 4 days agoSolitary confinement, theoretically used only when a prisoner is at high risk of harm to or from...
HOPE for Prisoners Hosts 'National Comeback Kids Panel Discussion' with Prison Reform Icons
WTNH-TV New Haven· 12 hours agoOvercoming the longs odds of a life prison sentence, a year in solitary confinement, generational...
Saudi Arabia: Woman jailed for 11 years for online expression supporting women’s rights
Amnesty International· 2 days agoSaudi Arabia’s authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Manahel al-Otaibi, a...
Federal judge finds Georgia prison officials in contempt over confinement practices
Macon Telegraph via AOL· 7 days agoA federal judge has found Georgia prison officials in contempt of an agreement — one they chose to...
Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi sentenced to death for protesting
WKBT La Crosse· 7 days ago“An order for the execution of Toomaj Salehi has been issued,” Salehi’s lawyer Amir Raesian tweeted...
Lawmakers call for release of Putin’s ‘political prisoner number one'
Fox News· 3 days agoKara-Murza, who lives in solitary confinement in a Siberian maximum-security prison, was sentenced...