“Federal prisoners, including those with mental illness, are being kept in solitary confinement for long periods of time in violation of federal policy, according to a new report. “Although the Bureau of Prisons states that it does not practice solitary confinement, the Justice Department inspector general found inmates, including mentally ill prisoners, housed in single-cell … Continue reading Federal prisons keeping mentally ill in solitary confinement for long stretches of time, new report says from The Washington Post