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Solitary confinement
Solitary confinement news and analysis from The Nation
April 25, 2016
A new report demonstrates how medical negligence played a significant role in many detention center deaths.
February 22, 2016
The case of Russell Maroon Shoatz, who spent nearly 30 years in solitary confinement, could set a precedent for others held in prolonged isolation.
October 19, 2015
Don’t overlook the needs of the elderly in criminal-justice reform.
October 14, 2015
If we don’t face the injustice of the very existence of prisons, the root causes of mass incarceration will go unaddressed.
February 24, 2015
The uprising puts the spotlight on the cozy relationship between private prison corporations and the nation’s immigration enforcement machinery.
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December 15, 2014
But the Senate report could be the opening we need to really make US torture a thing of the past.
October 14, 2014
The case of Ayyub Abdul-Alim fits a decades-long pattern of government criminalization of African-American Muslims.
May 21, 2014
A federal settlement to eliminate the use of seclusion on juvenile offenders is the first of its kind.
May 15, 2014
International organizations have said the seclusion of youth in custody amounts to torture.
October 2, 2012
As a movement against punitive segregation in local prisons and jails, a new report by the New York Civil Liberties Union reveals more disturbing details than ever before.
