Millage, 29, saw the person who killed his cousin while they were both serving time at Oregon State Penitentiary. He started ...

When prison inmates break the rules, they may be placed in solitary confinement—sometimes for 24, 48 or 72 hours. Although it is frequently criticized, disciplinary segregation is still widely used in ...

An investigation found that nearly 75% of suicides in Mississippi prisons occurred in restrictive housing units. Many inmates who died by suicide had known histories of mental illness or previous self ...

Weeks before his death, Kalief Browder was thriving at Bronx Community College. The 22-year-old had enrolled in college classes after being imprisoned for three years without trial at New York’s ...

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Past studies on whether incarcerated people with mental illness are more likely to be placed in solitary confinement have yielded mixed results. A new study examined the issue in one state's prisons, ...