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Yesterday would have been Johnny Cash’s 78th birthday. Prison Law Blog dug out this NPR story from 2005 on Cash’s famous visit to Folsom Prison in 1968, which includes a recording of him singing “Folsom Prison Blues” for an audience of inmates. Listen to it here. Since that recording was made, the U.S. prison population has increased seven-fold, […]

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Johnny Cash: Solitary Man

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 27, 2010

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Charles Dickens on Solitary Confinement: “Immense Torture and Agony”

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by Jean Casella

February 27, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Charles P. Norman on “The Insanity of Solitary Confinement”

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by James Ridgeway

February 23, 2010

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On Reality TV, Solitary Confinement Is a Game

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by Jean Casella

February 23, 2010

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No Obama Budget Freeze for Prisons

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 22, 2010

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Solitary Confinement Cells Have Become America’s New Asylums

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 20, 2010

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ACLU Calls on U.N. Human Rights Official to Stop Teen’s Torture in Montana Prison

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 17, 2010

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Two Clinton-Era Laws That Permit Cruel and Unusual Punishment

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 16, 2010

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What the War on Terror Owes to the War on Crime

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 16, 2010

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Incarceration Nation

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 15, 2010

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Kids Languish in Solitary While Awaiting Trial in Colorado

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 13, 2010

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Georgia’s Response to Death Row Suicides: Restrict Family Visits

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 13, 2010

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Louisiana Sues Its Own Death Row Prisoners

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 12, 2010

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Women Prisoners in Virginia Segregated for Having Mental Illness or “Looking Butch”

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 11, 2010

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Rastafarians Spend a Decade in Solitary for Refusing Haircuts

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 11, 2010

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Nelson Mandela’s Long Walk from a Cell to Freedom

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by Jean Casella

February 11, 2010

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Solitary Confinement Is Not Healthy for Elephants (or Humans)

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by Jean Casella

February 3, 2010

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