"The cell was like an elevator you are stuck in for 24 hours." In Rikers, she says she was accused by guards of minor infractions of the jail rules, and ended up being kept in an isolation cell ...

Prisoners in US supermaxes are generally held alone in small, often windowless cells with solid steel doors for more than ... psychological impact of isolation in prison. In 1995 a federal ...

He was placed in an isolation cell at the Omsk penal colony, his lawyer says. Mr Kara-Murza, who has survived two poisonings since 2015, was jailed for 25 years in April accused of treason and ...