U.S. News

California's Secret Solitary Courts

‘War-Like Mentality’

Despite a new settlement that bans indefinite solitary confinement in California, prisons are finding new secondary excuses to lengthen time in the SHU.

Sarah Shourd
Sarah Shourd
articles/2015/10/06/in-solitary-confinement-for-black-non-specific/151005-shroud-solitary-tease_ovedci
Lucy Nicholson/Reuters
Sarah Shourd

Sarah Shourd

Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.

Trending Now
Crime & JusticeParents of Missing Student Believe They Know What Happened to Her
Nandika Chatterjee
U.S. NewsNIT Tournament Rescinds School’s Invite in College Basketball Stunner
Kenneal Patterson
PoliticsDOJ Argues Trump Could Fire All Agency Heads Who Are Women or Over 40
Julia Ornedo
PoliticsKaroline Leavitt Opens Up About 32-Year Age Gap With Husband
Jasmine Venet
PoliticsMAGA Melts Down After Chief Justice Roberts Rebukes Trump for Impeachment Demand
Liam Archacki