solitary confinement Archive
A new report from the Juvenile Law Center highlights the harms of solitary confinement on youth in juvenile lock-up facilities and presents recommendations to end the practice. In Unlocking Youth: Legal Strategies to End Solitary Confinement in Juvenile Facilities, Jessica Feierman, …
California Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation yesterday that will restrict the use of solitary confinement in juvenile facilities in the state, capping a lengthy legislative effort by advocates to curb the practice. Put forward by Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco), …
There have been significant prison reform efforts in recent years in California. Reforms have addressed issues around sentencing of non-violent crimes, the trying of juveniles and greater scrutiny on the use of solitary confinement. But not all prisoners will feel …
By Jeff Wallace | March 30, 2016 (Part 1 of 2) Solitary confinement is a practice that has been used in the U.S. prison system since 1829. It is based on a Quaker belief that prisoners isolated in stone cells …
A recent lawsuit is challenging the use of solitary confinement in our prison system on the grounds that it violates Section 12 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which states “everyone has the right not to be subjected …
As I wrote in a blog post several weeks ago, there are about 25,000 people held in solitary confinement in supermax prison units called SHUs—security housing units—and another 80,000 inmates housed in isolation cells in regular prisons and jails. Many …
