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Groups seek probe of solitary confinement in North Carolina

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Advocacy groups have asked federal authorities to investigate solitary confinement in North Carolina prisons, citing the death of a mentally ill prisoner and separate concerns by President Barack Obama. The request comes weeks after North Carolina agreed to pay a $2.5 million settlement to the family of the prisoner, who died after being held in solitary confinement for 35 days.


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