The number of federal prisoners in segregated units has grown faster than the overall population. Yet the Bureau of Prisons director denies that the agency practices solitary confinement.
A prison cell block is seen following a tour by US President Barack Obama at the El Reno Federal Correctional Institution in El Reno, Oklahoma, July 16, 2015.
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