
What is Solitary Confinement?
Research and studies overwhelmingly show that solitary confinement doesn't work. The U.S. keeps using it anyway.
Research and studies overwhelmingly show that solitary confinement doesn't work. The U.S. keeps using it anyway.
The United States has a mass-incarceration problem. What do we mean when we say the words "mass incarceration"?
You cannot challenge a decision to put you in solitary confinement. But you can file a lawsuit.
You do not lose your constitutional rights in supermax prisons. But these facilities place many restrictions on your life. These prisons limit your movement.
Administrative segregation is when prison staff separates one inmate from other inmates.
You do not lose your constitutional rights in supermax prisons. But these facilities place many restrictions on your life. These prisons limit your movement.
Yes. You can file a lawsuit about the conditions in solitary confinement. Even in solitary, you still have rights. If someone violates your rights, you can sue.