Solitary confinement, or "the hole," is a costly and unregulated practice that violates human rights, increases mental health ...

She recounted "extremely painful physical, emotional and even sexual abuse." Paris Hilton walked up a 4-by-4 imitation cinder-block solitary confinement cell erected on the National Mall in Washington ...

New York's Rikers Island is the second-largest jail in the U.S., and one of the most notorious. But with a single move, Rikers has taken the lead on prison reform on one issue: Last month, the prison ...

The federal government got a lot wrong in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. But one of the things it got right was moving low-risk, non-violent prisoners to home confinement under the authority of ...

Memos detail use of insects, confinement boxes and waterboards in Bush years. April 16, 2009— -- Months after Sept. 11, 2001, a top Bush administration lawyer authorized the CIA to use such ...

(WASHINGTON) — Paris Hilton walked up a 4-by-4 imitation cinder-block solitary confinement cell erected on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday morning, zipped on a black Juicy Couture ...