Lamm was unable to assess Bornstein's mental health status and ordered him to be admitted to the constant watch room, a solitary confinement ... to into a thick, padded smock.

Ohio's youth prisons face ongoing staff shortages, increased violence, and rising solitary confinement hours. Inspections at Indian River and Circleville juvenile correctional facilities revealed ...

Violence flourishes at Montana's youth prison for boys, and staff use solitary confinement as a crutch ... he was sent to the emergency room after four other boys attacked him, leaving him with ...

A recent class action lawsuit from the MacArthur Justice Center sheds light on how extreme heat creates life-threatening ...

O'Shay Toney and GuJuan Fusilier, two of the three men held in the Penitentiary of New Mexico who are challenging the prison's use of solitary confinement. (Photos courtesy of the American Civil ...

A class action lawsuit filed in federal court Monday seeks to halt solitary confinement at two of the state’s most secure prisons. The suit alleges that prisoners held in long-term solitary ...

unlawful policy and practice of subjecting hundreds of New Mexicans annually to prolonged periods of solitary confinement as a form of punishment for violating prison rules,” the complaint says.

An inmate said to be mentally ill and who cannot speak English has been held in solitary confinement in a Virginia prison for 12½ years, alleges a federal suit filed on his behalf Tuesday.

Human rights groups have called on the Saudi authorities to immediately release a 51-year-old mother of five who has been held in solitary confinement since February. Ten NGOs, including Alqst ...

The Virginia Department of Corrections is one of five prison systems selected to participate in an initiative aimed at safely reducing the use of inmate solitary confinement, also known as ...