There is a difference between loneliness (the imposition of social isolation) and aloneness (the choice of being alone), and thus the brain reacts in very different ways. Loneliness, or social ...

The Washington State Department of Corrections has pledged to stop the use of solitary confinement in state prisons, in most cases. And the agency says it has made progress on that goal. But a recent ...

Several years ago, Damascus James started exchanging letters with people in Texas prisons. That evolved into a project called Texas Letters, a collection of letters written by people living in ...

Under the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules ), it is defined as the confinement of ...

When prison inmates break the rules, they may be placed in solitary confinement—sometimes for 24, 48 or 72 hours. Although it ...

Have you heard of spilling the tea? It’s a slang term for sharing gossip, inside information, or exclusive details. It’s not just a conversation starter, but also a call to action. Today, I want to ...

The Washington State Department of Corrections publicly committed on June 26 to reducing the use of solitary confinement within its prisons by 90% in the next five years. The Cornell Law School ...

One hundred and thirty-five years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court acknowledged the devastating effects of solitary confinement. In an 1890 ruling declaring that Colorado had improperly subjected a man ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (Flatwater Free Press) - The 16-year-old won’t tell his mom much about the days he spends locked alone in a room. He falls silent when his mother, Richetta Lowman, brings it up over the ...

Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) led Democrats in introducing legislation Thursday to end solitary confinement in federal prisons, jails and detention centers. The End Solitary Confinement Act would cap the ...