Solitary confinement, the practice of putting someone in isolation in a small cell, is not a topic you expect to hear ...

A traveling campaign rolled into Buffalo urging New York State leaders to honor the HALT Act, which limits solitary ...

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

Suicides in state prisons have soared in the last several years, and solitary confinement is a leading contributor, a new report claims. According to the new report from two groups advocating against ...

Reginald Dwayne Betts was locked up as a teenager for carjacking. Books were his escape, and he went on to be a poet, lawyer ...

The HALT Solitary Campaign is turning to the United Nations over what it calls international human rights violations happening in New York state prisons. The campaign filed a complaint with both the U ...

ALBANY - A committee that was formed in the wake of this year's strike by New York correction officers to review a law limiting the use of solitary confinement in state prisons has recommended ...

More than a dozen women have reported suffering medical neglect and mistreatment while pregnant in U.S. immigration custody, ...

The illegal practices continued despite a judge’s order last year that corrections officials follow state law on the issue, a civil liberties group said in a court filing. By Hurubie Meko A year after ...

There are many more individuals with serious mental illness in jails, prisons, and immigration detention facilities than ...

Honesty Bishop could hear the screams of other people in solitary confinement. Sometimes it was so cold in her cell, she could see her breath. She dealt with scabies and mold. Her days and nights were ...

The ACLU and other groups are pressing for ICE to identify and release all pregnant women in custody and to stop detaining ...