Gary Harkins also spent decades inside an isolation unit -- as a correctional officer at the Oregon State Penitentiary. He says solitary... Working the Isolation Unit: A Prison Officer's Tale For 25 ...

The small, steel cells — mottled with peeling paint, rust and water stains — house thin mattresses laid atop narrow metal frames. There is a toilet, a sink, a metal shelf and a wall-mounted desk/seat ...

With an 11-page, handwritten complaint, a convicted rapist in Georgia convinced a judge to investigate and eventually open to outsiders its solitary confinement unit, NBC News reported. Timothy Gumm ...

New details have emerged about Bryan Kohberger’s early months behind bars. Insiders and officials describe a difficult adjustment marked by isolation, inmate taunts and formal complaints about his ...