That is the other side of this story. Special Housing Units are for inmates who are a danger to others and themselves. No one serves time there without cause.

The Special Housing Unit (known as the “SHU” or the “hole”) is a mythical place in prison. Only a small percentage of the inmate population has ever visited there, but stories of the deprivation ...

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: By early next year, Colorado plans to create special housing units in two prisons just for transgender women. This is part of a new legal settlement.

Sean "Diddy" Combs is being held in a special housing unit away from the general population in the federal Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn amid fears for his safety. The disgraced music ...

W.N.C. Housing is appreciative of the willingness of MHO to assume the ownership of the 75 units of special needs housing developed during the past 30 years,” said Larry Thompson, President of W ...

Within the special housing unit, Hulse said, they are installing new biosensors in eight of the cells that will monitor vital signs and other conditions within the cell. He said this is for ...

In 2014, the city opened a transgender housing unit with 30 beds on Rikers Island, but it closed in July 2015 for renovations and never reopened, said a spokesperson for the Department of Corrections.

Affordable and Special Needs Housing loans are awarded through a competitive process. Sixty applications were received for this round of funding, requesting more than $105 million.