Kevin McCarthy enjoys the sun on his back in Laguna Beach after being held in solitary confinement at Pelican Bay for 10 years. He got out of prison two years ago and is now in the process of applying ...
On Saturday, Feb. 25, the Virginia General Assembly passed a bill to reform the Department of Corrections’ use of solitary confinement, a modest first step to limit the excessive use of solitary ...
In fiscal year 2021, more than 3,000 people incarcerated in Virginia’s prisons spent more than 15 days in solitary confinement. The United Nations defines this as torture. Across the nation, ...
The Badger Herald recently published a column attacking Dane County’s decision to remodel their current jail facility. The column argues the new jail will contribute to an already flawed criminal ...
Why have any soft feelings for those locked in solitary confinement in our prisons, jails and immigrant detention centers? They must be the worst of the worst, right? The unrepentant serial killers, ...