‘Like the walls are closing in’: After parallel jail deaths, judge urged to limit sheriff’s use of solitary confinement

In declarations, more than a dozen people housed in San Diego County jails describe inhumane conditions and say they are ...
Bengals Wire

More immigrants are being locked up alone. And the practice is growing.

But people segregated from the general population "are in an isolated cell, locked in, with no control over their environment," which is the definition of solitary confinement, Peeler said. ICE ...
Crain's New York

Mayor Adams can’t block ban on solitary confinement in city jails, judge rules

Mayor Eric Adams exceeded his authority when he used his emergency powers to block a new law banning solitary confinement in city jails, a judge ruled Monday. First passed by the City Council in ...
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More immigrants are being locked up alone. And the practice is growing.

Immigration detention centers are holding more people in solitary confinement than had been believed, and the practice is growing. New data show thousands more immigrants were held in solitary ...