N.Y. Prisons Loosen Solitary Confinement Rules as Wildcat Strikes Spread
Corrections officers in New York say their working conditions are dangerous and they are forced into overtime. They have ...
How Gov. Hochul is bungling New York’s prison crisis
Gov. Kathy Hochul won’t address striking corrections officers’ key gripe: the state’s 2021 HALT Act, which restricts ...
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Advocacy groups say state prison agency can’t halt law limiting solitary confinement
The commissioner of the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision released a memo last week announcing that ...
New York Senate shuts down attempt to repeal the 'HALT Act'
After a week of protests outside New York State prisons, Sen. Dan Stec tried to repeal a law from 2022 that placed restrictions on solitary confinement.
A mass hunger strike transformed solitary confinement in California prisons. This documentary captures the fight
In 2013, nearly 4,000 California inmates in long-term solitary confinement (for decades, in some cases) went on what would ...
Solitary confinement in prisons misrepresented, officer says
Cinematic portrayals of inmates being thrown in a dingy, small, unlit cell with no running water and only a slit in the door for occasional food for years on end, is not the reality in New York state ...
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Exclusive: As Shakil Afridi Languishes Behind Bars, Abandoned After Aiding in Osama bin Laden’s Death, His Son Speaks Out
When my dad was taken, he was a strong, healthy man. Now, he’s in his 60s, but he looks like he’s in his 70s due to the harsh ...
German Bakery accused gets no relief from solitary confinement
Bombay HC has rejected Mirza Himayat Baig's request to be moved from solitary confinement to a general barrack, stating there ...
German Bakery blast convict alleges solitary confinement; Bombay HC denies relief, says 'no concern of any trauma'
MUMBAY: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday denied relief to Himayat Baig, convicted in the 2010 Pune German bakery blast case, ...
High Court refuses relief to blast convict alleging solitary confinement
Bombay High Court denies relief to Himayat Baig, convicted in 2010 Pune blast, alleging solitary confinement affecting mental ...