A mass hunger strike transformed solitary confinement in California prisons. This documentary captures the fight
In 2013, nearly 4,000 California inmates in long-term solitary confinement (for decades, in some cases) went on what would ...
NYC jail watchdog group warns new Rikers high-security unit is ‘keg of dynamite’
The Department of Correction took heat from an oversight board for quietly creating a new Rikers high-security unit that may ...
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How to Endure the Torture of Solitary Confinement
"How to Survive is a Webby Award-winning series offering expert tips for surviving disasters, attacks, and life's toughest ...
ICE Must Release New Solitary Confinement Rules: Lawsuit
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a lawsuit against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) demanding information on new policies governing the use of solitary confinement in ...
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Wrongly Accused: 21 Years of Suffering in Solitary Confinement
Ibrahim Ali Sheikh Sagar, a Bangladeshi man, spent 21 years in prison, including seven in solitary confinement, wrongly accused in a murder case despite being acquitted by the High Court. His ...
Rise in suicides inside state prisons is ‘terrible red flag’. What is NC doing?
Inside North Carolina prisons, 13 inmates killed themselves last year. Three more died in January. State officials say they ...
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A Mobile Prison Cell Exposes Solitary Confinement Conditions
An activist built a model cell to illustrate conditions of solitary confinement. An activist who served time at Waupun Correctional Institution built and displays a model cell to illustrate ...