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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nearly three months into a 10-year sentence for a drive-by shooting, Denise Short asked prison staffers at Central Mississippi ...

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 ...

He wasn’t sentenced to madness. But that’s what being isolated in a cell 23 hours a day did to him. Getty Images For 16 years, I lived in a concrete cell. Twenty-three hours a day, every day, for more ...

Solitary confinement in Mississippi prisons has persisted for decades despite its negative effects on mental health. A 2024 Department of Justice investigation found conditions in restrictive housing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — Rapper Fetty Wap has been released from federal prison ahead of his original term and transferred ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Jennifer Shah, a former star on “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,” has been moved from a federal prison into ...