In 2013, nearly 4,000 California inmates in long-term solitary confinement (for decades, in some cases) went on what would ...

No more funds for solitary confinement ... to change how people are punished from the foot of a bed inside, not a real prison cell. >> This is an exact replica. Pretty much.

Inside North Carolina prisons, 13 inmates killed themselves last year. Three more died in January. State officials say they ...

From first report in 2020, panel has stated that isolation placements routinely last more than 22 hours a day and stretch ...

Jason Witmer has become a familiar face in the Nebraska Capitol, often testifying in suit and tie about state policies as a ...

Feb. 3, 2025 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. How California's Pelican Bay prison ignited a statewide hunger strike as a feat of unity by 30,000 incarcerated people.

Prisoners spend 23.5 hours a day locked in their cells, with a brief, daily 30-minute window for exercise or religious ...

"The Alabama Solution," which screened at the Sundance Film Festival, is a documentary about abuses in the Alabama prison ...

Inmates allege abuses and unlivable conditions inside these prisons ... Outspoken inmates are locked in solitary confinement for years, but manage to still obtain cell phones and communicate ...

Gadi Mozes, held in isolation for 70 days in complete darkness and a tiny cell, struggled with broken glasses for two months.