Rodney Reid recounts his experience in Rikers Island, describing the brutal conditions he endured during years spent in ...

Protesters held dueling rallies outside New York City Hall Wednesday morning on solitary confinement, ahead of the City Council hearing on a bill that would change how the controversial practice is ...

Melania Brown, sister of Layleen Polanco, a trans woman who died in an isolated cell in Rikers Island jail complex, and Akeem Browder, brother of Kalief Browder, who was incarcerated in Rikers as a ...

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Solitary confinement conditions in a Pennsylvania state prison are unconstitutional, worsening and creating mental illness in those held there, according to a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday on behalf ...

Martinez is the deputy director of Sister Warriors Freedom Coalition, a nonprofit supporting women who have survived violence, trauma, and underground street economies, and a member of the California ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement used solitary confinement at its detention facilities more than 14,000 times between 2018 and 2023, including one California immigrant detainee ...