February 2011 - Solitary Watch

Cañon City, Colorado, is the Solitary Confinement Capital of the Western World. Now, a Small Group Lawyers, Legislators, and Activists Is Challenging This All-American Form of Torture. Part 1: The Alcatraz of the Rockies On the wall opposite Laura Rovner’s desk at the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law is a large framed drawing […]

News & Features

Fortresses of Solitude (Part 1)

Voices from Solitary: Imprisoned in the First Control Unit for Women

ACLU Takes a Strong Stand Against Solitary Confinement

Bill to Limit Solitary Confinement Introduced in Colorado Legislature

ACLU Urges UN to Take Action on Solitary Confinement in the United States

Former Detainee Describes Solitary Confinement at Guantanamo

Case Closed on Supermax Abuses at Pelican Bay

Massachusetts Prison Whistleblower Is Punished and Silenced

More New Resources on Solitary Confinement

“Smart on Crime” Coalition Declares “Isolated Confinement Is Overused and Harmful”

Death Row Inmates Sue the FDA Over Execution Drugs

Colorado Inmate Says He Was Thrown in Solitary for Refusing to Supply False Testimony

Prison Myth No. 1: “Prisoners Want to Go Into Solitary Confinement”

Voices from Solitary: “Worse Than Angola”

Maine Prison Whistleblower Exiled and Isolated