A 2013 prison hunger strike in California led to a dramatic decline in the use of solitary confinement. More than a decade ...

For six years, Honesty Jade Bishop was held in solitary confinement in a Missouri prison after she was sexually assaulted by her cellmate. The Department of Corrections deemed that Bishop, a ...

Breivik's lawyer Oystein Storrvik argued that the isolation has rendered his client "mentally vulnerable". "I've become more radical. I was radical to start but these past five years I've become much ...

HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. (WTAJ) — An inmate at the Blair County Prison, who is accused of killing a neighbor and living with the body, is facing new charges for creating more chaos from his jail cell.

Support journalism that digs deeper into topics that matter most to ArkLaTex. Donate today to preserve the quality and integrity of local journalism. Evangelist Tony Alamo is in isolation at the ...

Prisons are not social dustbins, yet many societies continue to treat them as such. Prisons have drifted away from the ...

Gary Harkins also spent decades inside an isolation unit -- as a correctional officer at the Oregon State Penitentiary. He says solitary... Working the Isolation Unit: A Prison Officer's Tale For 25 ...