Solitary Confinement

  • Read more: The Pandemic Prison

    The Pandemic Prison

    The pandemic prison is a harbinger, not an aberration, of the society that creates and maintains it.

    cells with the doors closed at a historic Idaho prison.
  • Read more: Reflecting on Behind Bars: Ethics and Human Rights in U.S. Prisons

    Reflecting on Behind Bars: Ethics and Human Rights in U.S. Prisons

    By Gali Katznelson Is it justifiable to chain women as they give birth? How about confining people in a way that is proven to be psychologically devastating and torturous? These are just two of the questions raised last week during the conference, Behind Bars: Ethics and Human Rights in U.S. Prisons, a conference sponsored by…

  • Read more: Mental Health First Aid Training in Prisons, Police Departments, and the Presidential Election

    Mental Health First Aid Training in Prisons, Police Departments, and the Presidential Election

    By Wendy S. Salkin It has been widely reported and acknowledged that many incarcerated Americans live with mental illness. In 2014, the Treatment Advocacy Center and the National Sheriffs’ Association published The Treatment of Persons with Mental Illness in Prisons and Jails: A State Survey, a joint report that included the following findings: In 2012,…