A judge ruled on Tuesday that the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) violated the Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement (HALT) Act.

New York's state prison system has been holding inmates in solitary confinement for too long, in violation of state law, a state judge ruled this week. State Supreme Court Justice Kevin Bryant ...

New York lawmakers heard from legal advocates during Wednesday's legislative hearing on safety and accountability for state ...

The New York state prison system is abusing “emergency” authority to gut solitary confinement reforms indefinitely, a new class action lawsuit alleges. The lawsuit, filed by the Legal Aid ...

John Durham, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, said at a press conference ... Santos said he would ask to serve prison time in solitary confinement because he fears for his ...

A solitary confinement cell known all as “the bing,” at New York’s Rikers Island jail on Jan. 28, 2016. (Bebeto Matthews/AP) (CN) — Prisoners in a New Mexico penitentiary filed a class action on ...

National Guard members deployed in New York ... solitary confinement,” according to an April press release. More than seven weeks after the strike, almost 3,000 guard members are still on prison ...

he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 45 years in prison for taking the life of another person during a 2003 drug robbery. His work has been featured in the New York Times, The Washington Post ...