Second audit follow-up faults Multnomah County jail for continued heavy use of solitary confinement

A report found the sheriff's office has implemented several recommendations from a 2022 audit of jail conditions, but a few ...
Phys.org

Disciplinary confinement in prison does more harm than good

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 ...
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I Spent 16 Years in Solitary Confinement Hell. It Needs to End.

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Solitary confinement is terrible for youth. Some senators want to get rid of it.

Solitary confinement is torture. A United Nations report classified it as such in 2011. One teen inmate told the American Civil Liberties Union in 2012 that he “felt like [he] wanted to die” while in ...