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 ...
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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Former inmates share differing views on prison guard strikes
The strike by corrections officers at prisons state-wide, is now in it's second week. 7 News senior reporter Eileen Buckley ...
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, ...
Inmate death reported as illegal prison guard strike stretches into 2nd week
A 61-year-old inmate died over the weekend at one of the New York prisons where National Guard troops were deployed to ...
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 ...
Fyre Festival 2 has a date and location — but the lineup is still a question mark
Billy McFarland says Fyre Festival 2 is coming. The founder, who was imprisoned for wire fraud, released details on location, ...