Posts Tagged Solitary Confinement
Bill limiting solitary confinement in Virginia clears first hurdle
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on January 14, 2022
Members of the General Assembly are considering a bill that would limit how long Virginia prisons can hold inmates in solitary confinement. Michael Pope has the latest from the Capitol.
ACLU Joins Call for More Information on How Virginia Handles Solitary Confinement
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on January 10, 2019
Credit: David Nakayama / Creative Commons
Democratic lawmakers and the ACLU of Virginia are pushing for more information on how the state uses solitary confinement. Mallory Noe-Payne has details.
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From NPR News- Internet to Tonga's main island cut by volcano could be restored in 2 weeks January 25, 2022A second, domestic fiber-optic cable that connects Tonga's smaller islands to the main island could prove much more difficult to repair.
- James Webb telescope reaches its final destination in space, a million miles away January 25, 2022The $10 billion telescope is nearly ready to begin capturing images that scientists hope will help uncover the mysteries of the universe. And help scope out other possible habitable planets.
- Police document: 19-year-old Elizabeth Holmes reported sexual assault from Stanford January 25, 2022A document obtained by NPR through a public records request shows that Holmes reported to local authorities that she was allegedly assaulted in a frat house while she was attending the school.
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- Appeals court reinstates drop boxes for Wisconsin's February primary January 24, 2022The ruling temporarily blocks a judge's order that would have banned the use of absentee ballot drop boxes in the swing state.
- Internet to Tonga's main island cut by volcano could be restored in 2 weeks January 25, 2022
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- Conservative minister resigns in anger over Covid fraud January 24, 2022Lord Agnew says the government had made "schoolboy errors" when handing Covid loans to business.
- PM birthday event was held in No 10 during lockdown January 24, 2022
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