Columbia Legal Services has filed a class‑action lawsuit against the Washington State Department of Corrections over what it calls an extreme and unlawful form of solitary confinement at the ...

When prison inmates break the rules, they may be placed in solitary confinement—sometimes for 24, 48 or 72 hours. Although it is frequently criticized, disciplinary segregation is still widely used in ...

Under scrutiny over prison deaths and living conditions, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections has received recommendations that aim to improve life in adult prisons, including solitary confinement, ...

The Statesman Journal spoke to one of five people suing the Oregon Department of Corrections for its solitary confinement ...

An investigation found that nearly 75% of suicides in Mississippi prisons occurred in restrictive housing units. Many inmates ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “We wanted the definition so we could talk about policy, we didn’t want the definition to be the policy," said Jan Collins, ...

We speak with Jose Saldaña, director of Release Aging People in Prison, about a wildcat strike by New York prison guards who claim limits on solitary confinement have made their work more dangerous.

ATLANTAATLANTA — Georgia prison officials have flagrantly violated a court order to reform conditions for prisoners in the state’s most restrictive holding facility, showing “no desire or intention” ...

Alcatraz prison cell, solitary confinement, in Alcatraz, San Francisco, California In April, Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace marked a grim anniversary. The two Louisiana State Prison inmates, both ...

If you're going to do a deep investigative story on the horrors of prison confinement why not ask someone who has some experience being locked up in terrifying conditions? Shane Bauer was one of three ...