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If North Carolina prisons reduce their use of solitary confinement, what’s next?
Special housing units that provide increased therapy for those incarcerated are more helpful than putting a person solitary ...
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This is what it is like to be held in solitary confinement
Prison authorities give solitary confinement names like administrative segregation (AdSeg), restrictive housing or management ...
Mentally ill and alone, they die by suicide in prison. Will reforms save others?
As North Carolina officials look to reduce their use of solitary confinement, several mentally ill inmates have killed ...
The Head of a Tennessee Youth Detention Center Will Step Down After “Loss of Confidence” in His Leadership
A 2023 investigation by WPLN News and ProPublica found that Richard L. Bean was illegally locking kids up alone in cells. A ...
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Solitary confinement does not make prisons safer, say correctional heads
The United Nation’s Mandela Laws defines solitary confinement as 22 hours or more a day “without meaningful human contact.” ...
Case shows proving prison abuse without video can be difficult
Michael McCallion waited years to confront in court the officers he said attacked him in prison. The guards denied the ...
Chesapeake inmate claims he was forced into solitary confinement for more than 2 years
The lawsuit claims the man endured two years of solitary confinement, leading to hallucinations and psychological harm.