solitary confinement

A virtual reality tour of solitary confinement helps religious groups rally for a ban

By Yonat Shimron — March 5, 2019
(RNS) — Solitary confinement is a growing concern for religious groups across the country that have come to adopt the now common nomenclature for the practice: torture.

President Obama should visit solitary confinement cell to see true suffering (COMMENTARY)

By Ron Stief — July 15, 2015
(RNS) Thursday's prison visit is an opportunity for President Obama to expand and grow the legacy he hopes to leave as a criminal-justice reformer.

Interfaith activists call solitary confinement immoral, ineffective

By Adelle M. Banks — May 13, 2015
(RNS) “Once you’ve stood inside the cell and heard the sounds of an actual solitary confinement unit echoing in your very being, it becomes very hard to forget or to ignore,” said the Rev. Kate Edwards, a Zen Buddhist in Madison, Wis.

Interfaith leaders fast to protest solitary confinement

By Chris Lisee — June 20, 2012

WASHINGTON (RNS) An interfaith coalition is urging Congress to end solitary confinement, which they said is a ``harmful, costly, and ineffective practice.'' By Chris Lisee.

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