What will the Supreme Court decide about solitary confinement?
This is The Daily. In the coming months, the Supreme Court will decide whether to hear the case of a Texas man who has spent the past 27 years in solitary confinement. Today, my colleague, Adam Liptak, on Dennis Wayne Hope’s argument, and the questions it raises about the practice of solitary confinement. It’s Friday, April 15.
What did Anthony Kennedy and Sonia Sotomayor say about solitary confinement?
Justice Anthony Kennedy, for instance, in 2015 wrote that years on end of near-total isolation exact a terrible price. And Justices Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor have said similar things. Justice Sotomayor called it something like a penal tomb into which people in extended solitary confinement have been consigned.
What is the Supreme Court’s solitary tomb?
Justice Sotomayor called it something like a penal tomb into which people in extended solitary confinement have been consigned. So you see that members of the Supreme Court are attuned to this.
How many prisoners were released in isolation in 2006?
July 27, 2006 • Almost every one of the estimated 25,000 U.S. inmates in isolation will be released back into the public one day. A few prison officials reconsider the idea of isolation -- and wonder if there might be a better way.
How long do inmates stay in isolation?
Most inmates living in almost total isolation stay there for more than five years. In a three-part series, NPR examines the state of solitary confinement in U.S. prisons today. Special Series.
How long was Daud Tulam in prison?
July 28, 2006 • Daud Tulam spent 18 years in isolation in the New Jersey State Prison. Now free, he finds it difficult to make eye contact, make small talk, or be around other people, including his family.
