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Solitary confinement in Illinois prisons violates human rights, Chicago lawyers group says
Chicago Sun-Times· 5 days agoJoseph Moore spent 15 months in a room the size of a parking space. In response, Naomi Puzzello, an...
Are Maine prisoners being held in solitary confinement? Without a definition, it’s hard to say
Maine Morning Star via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe Maine Department of Corrections (DOC) has argued that it no longer uses solitary confinement,...
‘The Strike’ Review: Doc Chronicles a Battle to Halt Endless Solitary Confinement
Variety via AOL· 6 days agoSolitary confinement, theoretically used only when a prisoner is at high risk of harm to or from...
Illinois lawmakers shouldn't leave solitary confinement policies alone
Chicago Sun-Times· 3 days agoA new report that zeroed in on a 12-year period at Illinois prisons reached the same sobering...
Wyoming Boys’ School denies allegations of abuse and neglect
Casper Star-Tribune· 14 hours agoThe Wyoming Boys’ School, Wyoming Department of Family Services and several current and former Boys’...
Editorial: Time to re-examine HALT
Plattsburgh Press-Republican· 1 day agoThe recent attack on several correction officers at Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora by an inmate is a reminder of just how dangerous working in a state prison can ...
America's prison system is cruel, senseless and in crisis
San Antonio Express-News· 2 days agoAmong the problems highlighted at a recent Senate Judiciary Committee hearing involving Federal...
Lawmakers call for release of Putin’s ‘political prisoner number one'
AOL· 5 days agoA bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers marked the two-year anniversary of Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza’s imprisonment by calling for his immediate release. Kara-Murza, who lives in
Missouri prison agency to pay $60K for Sunshine Law violations over inmate death records
The Daily Dunklin Democrat· 1 day agoLouis from learning her son hanged himself with a bedsheet while in solitary confinement. The department asserted the records were inmate medical records ...
Rapper Toomaj Salehi Given Death Sentence By Iranian Court
Deadline via Yahoo News· 7 days agoA lawyer for Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi said his client has been given a death sentence for his...
