“We wanted the definition so we could talk about policy, we didn’t want the definition to be the policy," said Jan Collins, assistant director of the Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition. (DSGPro/Getty ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Prison reformers want Minnesota to end its use of solitary confinement and improve conditions for inmates separated from the rest of the prison population. The commissioner overseeing ...

North Carolina inmates who break prison rules will spend significantly less time in solitary confinement under a new policy that state leaders hope will help make prisons safer. Under the state’s new ...

CHARLOTTE — North Carolina inmates who break prison rules will spend significantly less time in solitary confinement under a new policy that state leaders hope will help make prisons safer. Under the ...