The Alaska Department of Corrections and the American Civil Liberties Union are working together to reform the Anchorage Correctional Complex’s solitary confinement practices. The department and ...

William Thorpe has spent nearly 24 straight years in solitary confinement in Virginia prisons stuck in a cell about half of the size of a parking space for more than 22 ... Class Action Suit Filed ...

But unlike many in solitary, Sesson and Simmons wouldn't have a moment alone. The 4-foot-8-inch by 10-foot-8-inch space was originally built for one, but as Menard became increasingly overcrowded ...

And family members say that because of his back problems, Cook was placed in solitary confinement about three weeks before he died. Cook’s father, Mark Cook Sr., said he spoke with an Alaska ...

Other states that prohibit solitary confinement by statute include Alaska, Connecticut ... them in isolation so they have the time and quiet space to "re-regulate" and no longer be a threat ...

It was a real-life version of that space on the Monopoly board game that ... and all have spent time in long-term solitary confinement. Class Action Suit Filed Against Alaska Doc After Decades Of ...

Sleeping, eating and defecating all take place inside that space. For exercise, prisoners in solitary confinement often get a short time in a cage rather than an outdoor yard – perhaps one hour ...

"barely have space to walk" in segregated exercise yards. Inmates in solitary for rule violations can be kept there for more than a week before a required discipline hearing, where they have a ...