A judge ruled on Tuesday that the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) violated the Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement (HALT) Act.

New York's state prison system has been holding inmates in solitary confinement for too long, in violation of state law, a state judge ruled this week. State Supreme Court Justice Kevin Bryant ...

HALT Act was a common-sense measure to end prolonged solitary confinement –– which the U.N. has described as torture.

The New York state prison system is abusing “emergency” authority to gut solitary confinement reforms indefinitely, a new class action lawsuit alleges. The lawsuit, filed by the Legal Aid ...

National Guard members deployed in New York ... solitary confinement,” according to an April press release. More than seven weeks after the strike, almost 3,000 guard members are still on prison ...

he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 45 years in prison for taking the life of another person during a 2003 drug robbery. His work has been featured in the New York Times, The Washington Post ...