An historic congressional hearing on solitary confinement in United States prisons was held today by the Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights. Chaired by Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois, it was the first-ever hearing on the use of isolation in prisons and the human rights, fiscal and public safety consequences created. [...]

UPDATE – 8:30 PM ET From Occupy Chicago’s rally: Fred Hampton Jr., son of Fred Hampton,who was a Black Panther assassinated by the FBI and the Chicago police over forty years ago. UPDATE – 7:05 PM ET March left San Quentin prison some time ago. Now, reading reports that police gave many who drove to the [...]