National Guard members deployed in New York prisons have endured unacceptable ... monitoring special housing units for inmates in solitary confinement,” according to an April press release.

The New York ... prisons have access to the video. Another important change was the enactment in 2021 of the HALT Solitary Confinement Act, based on the United Nation’s Mandela Rules, which ...

At issue is the Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement Act, known as HALT, which went into effect in 2022. The law set restrictions on which incarcerated people New York jails and ...

2013. "Solitary Confinement and Mental Illness in US Prisons: A Challenge for Medical Ethics." In Health and Human Rights in a Changing World, edited by Michael Grodin, Daniel Tarantola, George Annas, ...

unlawful policy and practice of subjecting hundreds of New Mexicans annually to prolonged periods of solitary confinement as a form of punishment for violating prison rules,” the complaint says.

The Marshall Project has identified 46 allegations that corrections officers assaulted prisoners in medical wings of New York prisons since 2010, according to a review of court settlements ...

Ohio's youth prisons face ongoing staff shortages, increased violence, and rising solitary confinement hours. Inspections at Indian River and Circleville juvenile correctional facilities revealed ...

A federal jury ruled that the New York Times did not libel former Alaskan Republican Gov. Sarah Palin in a 2017 editorial in the latest update to the years-long lawsuit. The jury reached its ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Based on movies you might picture solitary confinement as a dark hole where a prisoner is isolated for hours without light. While a correctional sergeant and an ex inmate ...

NEW YORK (AP) — NEW YORK (AP) — New York Mortgage Trust Inc. (NYMT) on Wednesday reported earnings of $42.2 million in its first quarter. On a per-share basis, the New York-based company said ...