A Pennsylvania prison's practice of holding inmates in solitary confinement is inhumane and unconstitutional, according to a federal lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh. READ MORE: ...

MONROE — When a prisoner at the Monroe Correctional Complex was sanctioned for trying to incite a hunger strike last fall, his punishment was supposed to be 20 days in solitary confinement. Instead, ...

Lil Durk, the renowned Chicago rapper, has recently found himself at the center of a contentious legal battle regarding his conditions of confinement. His legal team has raised serious concerns, ...

Imani Pennant, of Farmington, speaks at the Stop Solitary CT and Coalition Organizations Rally outside the CT State Capitol in March 2021. Pennant said he was put into solitary confinement for 20 days ...

Advocates of sharply limiting the Lackawanna County Prison’s use of solitary confinement have so far lost in court, but they tried a new tactic this week. They asked the county Prison Board. Pointing ...

As a forensic psychiatrist with five decades of experience, I know a mental health problem when I see it. The Mandela California Mandela Act, Assembly Bill 280, would greatly limit solitary ...

During the peaks of the COVID-19 pandemic the term "solitary confinement" was often tossed around as a way to complain about the mandatory periods of isolation in our homes. Among those cringing after ...

Men in Texas prisons are now entering the fourth week of a hunger strike in Texas prisons. It’s part of a larger effort to reform the harsh conditions of solitary confinement. After four weeks, 18 men ...

WISE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The body of Anwar Phillips was discovered on Jan. 4, 2022, in his solitary cell at Red Onion State Prison — one of Virginia’s two “super-max” prisons. A year later, the man ...