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A letter sent to Attorney General Eric Holder today by several civil rights groups expresses “urgent concern about Syed Fahad Hashmi’s conditions of confinement.” The letter, from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), the Council on American-Islamic Relations of New York (CAIR-NY), Educators for Civil Liberties, and the Muslim Justice Initiative, reads in part: For nearly three years before his case […]

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Fahad Hashmi Joins 1,400 Others in the Solitary Confinement Capital of the World

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

October 28, 2010

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Children Routinely Held in Pre-Trial Solitary Confinement in Texas

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

October 22, 2010

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Criminalizing Mental Illness

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

October 20, 2010

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Suicide and Solitary Confinement in New York State Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

October 18, 2010

The Colorado Files: Death in a Denver Jail

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

October 18, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “Home Sweet Home”

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

October 16, 2010

The Colorado Files: Ballot Measure Would Keep Poor Defendants in Jail

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

October 16, 2010

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Angola Prison May Close Lockdown Unit–But Vows to Keep Inmates in Isolation

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

October 15, 2010

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Teen Held in Solitary in Tennessee Jail Because He Can’t Make Bail

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

October 14, 2010

Scott Sisters Case Wins National Attention

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

October 12, 2010

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All-American Prison Torture

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

October 12, 2010

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Leaving Cañon City

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

October 11, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Letters from the Hole

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

October 10, 2010

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John Thompson Takes a Louisiana Injustice from Death Row to the Supreme Court

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

October 5, 2010

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Obama and Bureau of Prisons Lowball Supermax Costs

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

October 3, 2010

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