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Amid renewed debate over the controversial practice, an archival FRONTLINE documentary offers a visceral portrait of life in solitary at one maximum-security prison. A composite image with stills from ...

A multi-institution research team has conducted a multi-year study to better understand how extended and repeated stays in solitary confinement impact prisoners both physically and psychologically.

Inmates are walked from their cells in the Secure Housing Units in Pelican Bay State Prison to the medical unit in 2013. A September 2015 settlement in a class-action lawsuit limited long-term ...

Data: Physicians for Human Rights analysis of ICE detention data; Note: Data from April to December 2024 may be an undercount due to lack of mandatory reporting; Map: Kavya Beheraj/Axios Immigrant ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Solitary confinement is used in ICE detention facilities as a form of punishment or to protect certain at-risk ...

A conversation with incarcerated journalist Christopher Blackwell about his new book Ending Isolation. An inmate looks out of his cell in the the Special Management Unit, known as high-max at the ...

I began work that day as I did any other, sweeping the floor in solitary confinement at Pinckneyville Correctional Center in my $0.04-per-hour job. The cacophony of dozens of men roaring over one ...

The New York state prison system has been violating state law by holding inmates in solitary confinement for longer than permitted, according to a state judge. In a decision filed Thursday, State ...

We are witnessing the geometric expansion of Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions in the community, the crowding of correctional facilities with ICE detainees, and the rapid construction of ...