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Law
fromAbove the Law
1 day ago

Democracy Has A Mass Incarceration Problem - Above the Law

Historical detention practices and current prison conditions undermine democratic values and require humane reforms and clear limits on punishments.
#immigration-detention
fromKqed
4 days ago
Public health

Conditions at Massive New California Immigration Facility 'Are Alarming,' Report Finds | KQED

fromKqed
4 days ago
Public health

Conditions at Massive New California Immigration Facility 'Are Alarming,' Report Finds | KQED

Social justice
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

Award-winning Palestinian author on Israeli prison, exile and homeland

Basim Khandakji endured decades of imprisonment, solitary confinement, abuse, and exile while publishing a novel that exposed Israeli prison conditions and won the 2024 Arabic Booker Prize.
#george-santos
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 weeks ago
US politics

Trump commutes sentence of former Republican lawmaker George Santos

President Trump will commute George Santos's prison sentence; Santos was convicted of fraud and identity theft and had been held in solitary confinement.
fromGothamist
6 months ago
NYC politics

George Santos, awaiting sentencing, says he wants solitary confinement for his safety

George Santos seeks prison time in solitary due to safety concerns ahead of sentencing for federal crimes.
fromwww.amny.com
3 weeks ago

The impact of ICE: Asylum seeker detained twice during two Trump presidencies recounts traumatic experience | amNewYork

Efrain Rodriguez showed up at 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan on July 17 for his court-scheduled immigration check-in on his asylum application. It was supposed to be a routine hearing but then masked ICE agents pulled him away. Though he didn't expect to be detained that July afternoon, Rodriguez found himself in familiar territory. He had been detained once before in February 2020, during the start of a global pandemic and the last year of the first Trump administration.
US politics
Social justice
fromAxios
1 month ago

Immigrants nationwide placed in solitary confinement for weeks, report says

Nearly 14,000 immigrants were placed in solitary confinement between April 2024 and August 2025; vulnerable detainees averaged 38 days in isolation during early 2025.
#solitary-confinement
Miscellaneous
fromTasting Table
1 month ago

How Martha Stewart Described The Food In Prison - Tasting Table

Martha Stewart experienced poor-quality, nutritionally lacking prison food, uncomfortable bedding, and at least one episode of solitary confinement during a five-month incarceration.
Social justice
fromTruthout
2 months ago

New Report Says Max Security Prison Compound Must Close, Citing Inhumane Conditions

Many people in New Jersey State Prison's West Compound are held in extremely small cells allowing them to touch the ceiling and both side walls.
US politics
fromTruthout
2 months ago

NY Prison Officials Refuse to Comply with Law Limiting Solitary Confinement

New York prison officials are violating the HALT Act, which restricts solitary confinement usage.
fromFortune
2 months ago

The Money Doctor and 'Captain Pakistan': Steve Hanke on his last call with Imran Khan and the doom loop gripping South Asia

"To pull Pakistan out of its doom loop and establish stability, I recommended the medicine that I had successfully prescribed in Estonia (1992), Lithuania (1994), Bulgaria (1997), and Bosnia-Herzegovina (1997)"
US politics
Philosophy
fromAeon
4 months ago

What do screens depicting serene natural scenes mean to those living in lock-up? | Aeon Videos

An experimental programme in prisons uses tranquil nature visuals to alleviate emotional distress but faces criticism for potentially justifying solitary confinement.
fromProgressive.org
4 months ago

How Solitary Confinement Kills

Markwhan Kitcher-Tucker, a twenty-eight-year-old man with schizophrenia, encountered severe deterioration in mental health while incarcerated and ultimately died by suicide in solitary confinement.
Mental health
#new-york-city
fromwww.amny.com
4 months ago
NYC politics

Judge squashes Mayor Adams' emergency orders blocking solitary confinement ban in city jails | amNewYork

fromwww.amny.com
4 months ago
NYC politics

Judge squashes Mayor Adams' emergency orders blocking solitary confinement ban in city jails | amNewYork

#r-kelly
fromNew York Daily News
3 years ago

Rep. Lee Zeldin slams HALT, gets backing of NYC correction officers in tight race for governor

Every elected official should ensure corrections officers have necessary tools to do their jobs. Zeldin vows to support union members and repeal HALT Act if elected.
NYC politics
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