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Solitary Confinement

a shadowy figure of a man superimposed on a map of Texas | Illustration: Lex Villena

Solitary Confinement

Texas Death Row Prisoners Sue Over Automatic Solitary Confinement

The state's "arbitrary requirement to house all male death row prisoners in permanent solitary confinement does not promote safety and security, is inconsistent with correctional best practices, and serves no penological purpose," the lawsuit claims.

Emma Camp | 1.27.2023 3:45 PM

Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein and Pete Martel | Illustration Lex Villena | Screenshot, YouTube

Criminal Justice

A Michigan Supreme Court Justice Hired an Ex-Con. Another Justice Shamed Him Into Resigning.

Justice Richard Bernstein said Pete Martel's hiring as clerk was unacceptable because "I'm intensely pro-law enforcement."

Billy Binion | 1.6.2023 3:21 PM

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Criminal Justice

Nearly 50,000 People Were Held in Solitary Confinement in the U.S. Last Year, Study Finds 

More than 900 had been held in isolation for more than a decade.

C.J. Ciaramella | 8.26.2022 4:00 PM

ArtJohnson_1161x653 | Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

Solitary Confinement

A Philly Man Who Spent 37 Years of a 50-Year Prison Sentence in Solitary Confinement Has Been Freed

Arthur Johnson spent his entire adult life in jail for a murder he says he was coerced to confess to by police.

Scott Shackford | 8.12.2021 1:05 PM

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Criminal Justice

Massachusetts Prison System Sued Over Unreliable Drug Tests That Put Inmates in Solitary

Defense lawyers say they were accused of smuggling drugs to clients based on tests so unreliable they're akin to "witchcraft, phrenology or simply picking a number out of a hat."

C.J. Ciaramella | 7.29.2021 3:55 PM

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Solitary Confinement

New York Legislature Passes Bill To Limit Solitary Confinement 

The HALT Act would allow incarcerated people to be held in solitary confinement for no more than 15 days.

C.J. Ciaramella | 3.18.2021 3:56 PM

hands hanging out of a prison cell | Willeecole/Dreamstime.com

Coronavirus

Report: Solitary Confinement in U.S. Prisons Spiked by 500 Percent When Coronavirus Hit

In a matter of weeks, the number of inmates in solitary jumped from 60,000 to nearly 300,000.

C.J. Ciaramella | 6.15.2020 4:30 PM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Pissed Off

Charles Oliver | 11.29.2019 4:00 AM

Mississippi_Raid | Ice/ZUMA Press/Newscom

Immigration

Confidential DHS Report Found ICE Kept 'Alarming' Number of Mentally Ill Detainees in Solitary Confinement

A previously confidential DHS report found "inhumane" use of solitary confinement against mentally ill detainees at an ICE detention center.

C.J. Ciaramella | 9.13.2019 7:30 AM

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Solitary Confinement

Lawsuit: Florida Inmate Thrown In Solitary for Biting Guard While Having Seizure

Dean Higgins claims he was put in a cell that regularly flooded with raw sewage for seven months after he bit a guard while having an involuntary seizure.

C.J. Ciaramella | 8.22.2019 4:18 PM

Paul Manafort | Alexandria Sheriff''s Office/ZUMA Press/Newscom

Criminal Justice

Nobody Should Be Placed in Solitary Confinement—Not Even Paul Manafort

Paul Manafort isn’t deserving of torture. Neither was Kalief Browder.

Zuri Davis | 6.4.2019 12:05 PM

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