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Solitary Confinement

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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

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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

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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

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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