Maurice Anthony, a 42-year-old legally blind man incarcerated in New York, repeatedly spent up to 23 hours a day in solitary ...

A complaint filed by the Legal Aid Society and others accuses the state prison system of holding mentally ill and disabled people in isolation despite a law against the practice.

An effort to define solitary confinement in Maine law failed to receive a vote in the Legislature this session amid ...

The two U.S. senators from Massachusetts are calling on the federal Bureau of Prisons to end solitary confinement, calling it an inhumane practice that leads to mental and physical harm and a higher ...

Prisons are designed to punish people who break the law. They aren't expected to provide the same accommodations or services ...

The D.C. Department of Corrections’ use of isolation is ineffective and harmful, especially for people experiencing suicidal ...

A grieving mother whose daughter died in jail took part in a day of action at the Wisconsin State Capitol to end solitary ...

Prisons exist to punish and rehabilitate people — not to torture and destroy them,” says the report from the Chicago Lawyers’ ...

Two senators have introduced legislation to combat the use of solitary confinement in immigration detention facilities.

In 'The Strike,' directors Joebill Munoz and Lucas Guilkey chronicle a 2013 prison hunger strike that changed imprisonment ...

A proposed class-action lawsuit has been filed over the use of solitary confinement in Manitoba jails, seeking compensation ...