BOSTON (CBS) -- A play that prisoners' rights advocates hope will raise awareness about the practice of solitary confinement is coming to the Massachusetts State House this week. Julia Steele Allen ...

BOSTON (AP) — Multiple performances of a play about solitary confinement are scheduled across Massachusetts this week to bring attention to the practice in state prisons. “Mariposa and the Saint: From ...

Activist and performance artist Julia Steele Allen met Sara Fonseca in a California prison and corresponded with her for years while Fonseca— who goes by the nickname “Mariposa” — was living in ...

Sarah Shourd’s play “The Box” gives audiences a taste of the psychological horrors of solitary confinement and of the humanity of the people routinely subjected to the practice in American prisons.

It's understood that a journalist will research their topics thoroughly. Yet, most journalists are never as intimately acquainted with their subjects as Sarah Shourd is with the topic of imprisonment.

Massachusetts is one of a handful of states that allows inmates to be held in solitary confinement for up to 10 years. But next week, lawmakers will review changing that. Amid that debate comes a play ...

When it comes to how your kid plays, it turns out that it’s not all just fun and games. According to sociologist Mildred Parten Newhall, there are six distinctive stages of play from infancy until ...

As a father to four children I’ve always been fascinated at the various stages of development for each of my children. One ...

What Are the Stages of Play? In 1932, sociologist Mildren Parten identified six stages of children’s play. All kids develop differently, so there are no set ages for each type of play. Unoccupied play ...