Mayor Eric Adams exceeded his authority when he used his emergency powers to block a new law banning solitary confinement in city jails, a judge ruled Monday. First passed by the City Council in ...

Mayor Eric Adams didn’t follow the proper procedures when he declared a state of emergency and blocked a local law restricting the use of solitary confinement on Rikers Island, a New York state judge ...

The ACLU of Oklahoma and other organizations have successfully advocated for the end of indefinite solitary confinement for ...

Last year, activists pushed for a referendum to ban solitary confinement in Lehigh County jail. The effort failed, but it started a discussion about the controversial issue.

Survey of people held in solitary confinement reveals its devastating psychological impact Part 1 of a series This two-part guest essay comes from Solitary Watch, a nonprofit watchdog organization ...

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 ...

Reform advocates are making another push to limit the use of solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons and jails, a long-running effort that has seen fits and starts of legislation and court cases ...

Children at Shelby County’s juvenile detention center are allegedly held in solitary confinement for extended periods. Tennessee law prohibits holding children in seclusion for more than two ...

A conversation with incarcerated journalist Christopher Blackwell about his new book Ending Isolation. As you read these words, tens of thousands of people in the United States are being tortured.