The ACLU of Oklahoma and other organizations have successfully advocated for the end of indefinite solitary confinement for most people sentenced to death at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, resulting in improved living conditions and increased access to programs and social interaction.
Geraldo Lunas Campos, a 55-year-old Cuban national, died after being asphyxiated by ICE agents at the Camp East Montana detention facility in El Paso, Texas, with little public attention or outrage, while other ICE-related violence later sparked national condemnation.
A federal class action civil rights lawsuit has been filed challenging the routine use of solitary confinement against youth held in New York State custody, alleging children are locked alone in small cells for up to 24 hours a day, sometimes for weeks or months at a time, and denied access to education, rehabilitative programming, recreation, and basic health and hygiene needs.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has issued an emergency executive order to overhaul the city’s approach to solitary confinement and jail oversight at Rikers Island, marking a shift from policies advanced under former Mayor Eric Adams.
Multiple federal death row prisoners whose sentences were commuted by President Joe Biden are facing transfer to ADX Florence, the nation’s most restrictive federal prison, raising constitutional questions and accusations of retaliation.
A new report from Solitary Watch details systemic abuse in New York prisons, citing physical violence, deprivation of basic resources, and widespread solitary confinement, and calls for urgent and sweeping reforms to ensure humane conditions for incarcerated individuals.
Solitary confinement, or “the hole,” is a costly and unregulated practice that violates human rights, increases mental health diagnoses, and disproportionately affects people of color, with many arguing it should be banned.
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson is an incarcerated writer, artist, and activist who advocates for prison reform and revolutionary struggle, and in his poem “Are We There Yet?” he describes a utopian world free from greed, deception, and oppression.
The Marshall Project reports that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has increased the use of solitary confinement in detention centers under the Trump administration, causing severe psychological harm to thousands of immigrants, with one mother of three from Mexico being held in a windowless isolation cell with a broken toilet for almost two months.
A new report from Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) has found that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continues to underreport detention abuses and population numbers, leaving over 10,500 people subjected to torturous conditions over the past 14 months.
In February 2024, prison officials launched a new group recreation program at the Polunsky Unit, the state’s notoriously strict death row, increasing inmates’ activities outside of solitary confinement and providing them with exercise, television, games, and religious practice.
The US prison system is failing to provide adequate mental health care to its incarcerated population, with over half of prisoners reporting mental health issues and only 26% receiving professional help, resulting in a system that criminalizes illness and fails at basic human decency.
ICE is excluding transgender population statistics from its public reports, in violation of congressional mandate, and is also excluding data on people who may be susceptible to harm in the general population due to how others interpret or assume their sexual orientation or presentation.
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