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From solitary confinement in China to self-exile in Taiwan: Inside a Hong Kong bookshop owner's fight to keep the free press alive
Lam Wing-kee's Causeway Bay Books moves to a new location in Taipei, striving to offer books critic…
Huileng Tan
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An 88-year-old man was cleared of murder after spending 46 years on death row — mostly in solitary confinement
Iwao Hakamada, the world's longest-serving death row inmate, was found guilty in 1968 of multiple m…
Hannah Abraham
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Tennessee lawmakers want the state's juvenile prison system audited after an investigation found kids being held in solitary confinement for indeterminate lengths
An investigation of Tennessee's children's prisons showed kids were being kept in solitary confinem…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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YouTube star MrBeast paid a man $340,000 to spend 21 days in a windowless room, according to his new video
Josh Rock, who completed a challenge set by YouTuber MrBeast which has been compared to "solitary c…
Charissa Cheong
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Navalny's last post on X said Russian prison authorities were throwing him in solitary again. He'd just gotten out.
Navalny's last message on X said that he was being sent to a punishment cell, marking the 27th time…
Ella Sherman
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A man with schizophrenia was stripped naked and left in solitary confinement for 20 days where lost nearly 45 pounds before his 'preventable' death, family claims in lawsuit.
The family of Joshua McLemore, 29, filed a lawsuit against Jackson County, Indiana, claiming McLemo…
Lloyd Lee
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More than 130 justice organizations urge Biden to fulfill campaign promise of ending solitary confinement
The number of inmates in solitary confinement grew fivefold during the pandemic, according to a Jun…
Erin Snodgrass
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A prisoner was 'covered in filth and barking like a dog' after 600 days of solitary confinement in a Virginia jail
Tyquine Lee's treatment at Virginia's Red Onion State Prison is one of the thousands of stories of …
Naina Bhardwaj
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Fyre Festival scammer Billy McFarland is out of solitary confinement after being locked up for 6 months over a podcast interview
The infamous scammer was put into solitary confinement after giving a podcast interview from prison…
Jacob Shamsian
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New York will end long-term solitary confinement in prisons after long fight for reform
The legislation, which will put a 15-day consecutive limit on how long someone can be held in isola…
Erin Snodgrass
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4 men who ran an internet addiction camp have reportedly been sentenced to prison after they locked children in solitary confinement for up to 10 days
Internet addiction was classified as a clinical disorder in China in 2008, leading to a rise in det…
Avery Hartmans
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Jeffrey Epstein said the 'greatest threat' to people in solitary confinement is suicide, months before his own death
Epstein made the comment in a 2019 interview with Steve Bannon for an upcoming documentary. It was …
Sinéad Baker
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NYC's mayor-elect says he'll restore solitary confinement on Rikers Island before closing the facility, despite the UN calling the practice 'torture'
The United Nations recommended that all countries abolish solitary confinement because its psycholo…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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Derek Chauvin is being held in solitary confinement at a maximum security prison with 280 other convicted murderers
Chauvin, 45, is being held in solitary confinement at MCF-Oak Park Heights for 23 hours a day, acco…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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A prisoner on death row says listening to the inmate-run radio station helped him through solitary confinement: 'We alone, we all by ourselves'
Inmate John Henry Ramirez said he appreciated "The Tank" radio show for getting him through his tim…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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Shaka Senghor — a best-selling author who spent 7 years in solitary confinement during a 19-year sentence for murder — discusses forgiveness and flaws in the criminal justice system
Sengho spoke to Insider about incarceration the journey toward healing for victims, perpetrators, a…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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A Capitol riot defendant volunteered to go into solitary confinement, saying he didn't want to stay in 'cult-like' DC jail wing for Jan. 6 suspects
Thomas Sibick was released from custody on Tuesday after his lawyer argued that the January 6 wing …
Sophia Ankel
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Ghislaine Maxwell says she is being mistreated in jail and that she should be taken out of solitary confinement
Lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell, who is in jail awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges, want her r…
Kelly McLaughlin
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A judge denied Lori Loughlin's husband's request for early prison release after he spent 56 days in solitary confinement over COVID-19 concerns
Lori Loughlin's husband Mossimo Giannulli is a little over two months into his five-month prison se…
Kelly McLaughlin
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Lori Loughlin's husband is asking to serve the rest of his prison sentence at home after he spent 56 days in solitary confinement over COVID-19 concerns
Mossimo Giannulli, actress Lori Loughlin's husband, is serving five months in prison after pleading…