ALLENTOWN, Pa. – The Lehigh County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday again addressed solitary confinement at the Lehigh County Jail. The conversation was sparked by a letter presented by ...

The Lehigh County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday discussed the use of solitary confinement at the Lehigh County Jail.

Erik Ramsey’s suicide in solitary confinement highlights rising mental illness and a jump in such deaths in North Carolina ...

Individuals increasingly find themselves in cages unfit for lab mice and subjected to conditions with less scrutiny than that ...

While trauma-informed prison reentry is gaining attention, the impact of isolation in solitary confinement remains largely ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Prison reformers want Minnesota to end its use of solitary confinement and improve conditions for inmates ...

Vanguard: Can you describe what solitary confinement was like? Harris ... Vanguard: Why is carceral journalism—stories written from inside—so important? Harris: Because no one else is telling the ...

It also prohibits solitary confinement for vulnerable populations ... for rolling back progress or worsening conditions for those inside. In the short term, as Prisoners’ Legal Services of ...

The strike by thousands of corrections officers employed by the New York prison system highlights a complex web of issues, but at its heart lies a pivotal demand: to gut the landmark Humane ...

Extreme solitary confinement: Special isolation cells are kept completely dark except for a small ceiling hole allowing minimal light to enter. Trump has praised Bukele’s hardline approach to ...

“Solitary confinement is not the answer,” said Anne ... “They may look good, but on the inside, it’s messed up. You sit in your bathroom for 23 hours a day and you want to tell me that ...