When President Donald Trump commuted the federal prison sentence of former Chicago gang leader Larry Hoover, it may have ...

Special housing units that provide increased therapy for those incarcerated are more helpful than putting a person solitary ...

In a unique alliance, prisoners at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center and California district attorneys are championing ...

My 13th day in “the hole” has been an eye opener. This is the first time I’ve experienced it after 28 years in federal prison ...

Romero’s research adds to growing evidence prolonged isolation may cause genetic and neurological harm, potentially increasing risks of aggression, depression, and premature death. In North Carolina, ...

Last summer, Kenneth Barrett recalls spending 46 days — about half the summer — in solitary confinement at Algoa Correctional Center, a minimum security prison in Jefferson City, Missouri. In ...

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 ...

Advocates say more must be done to keep it humane. Solitary confinement, called "segregation" or "special housing" by prison officials — called "the hole" by inmates — is generally used when ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Prison reformers want Minnesota to end its use of solitary confinement and improve conditions for inmates separated from the rest of the prison population. The commissioner ...

Officers, including those at North Country prisons, Clinton ... and which inmates, can be put in solitary confinement. Inmates over the age of 55 or under the age of 21 cannot be subjected ...

An activist built a model cell to illustrate conditions of solitary confinement. An activist who served time at Waupun Correctional Institution built and displays a model cell to illustrate ...