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As Americans prepare to celebrate Independence Day, inmates in solitary confinement at California’s Pelican Bay State Prison are standing up for their rights in the only way they can–by going on a hunger strike. The prisoners, who are being held in long-term and often permanent isolation, have sworn to refuse food until conditions are improved in Pelican Bay’s Security Housing Unit […]

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Hunger Strike in the Supermax: Pelican Bay Prisoners Protest Conditions in Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

June 30, 2011

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: On Solitary Confinement and Finding Humanity

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 28, 2011

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Confronting Torture in U.S. Prisons: A Q&A With Solitary Watch

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

June 17, 2011

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Solitary Confinement Widely Used in California’s Juvenile Jails

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 16, 2011

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: The Meaning of “Life”

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by Voices from Solitary

June 11, 2011

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Doctors Prescribe Cure for “Epidemic of Mass Incarceration”

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 9, 2011

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Upcoming Forum in New York on Solitary Confinement in State Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 8, 2011

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From BOP to CCA: Federal Prison Director Defects to Private Prison Company

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

June 7, 2011

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Amnesty International Calls for Angola 3’s Release from 40 Years of Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

June 7, 2011

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Mentally Ill Inmate Starves to Death in Utah Jail

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 6, 2011

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Solitary Watch Fact Sheet: Psychological Effects of Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 4, 2011

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Maine Cuts Supermax Population, Reforms Solitary Confinement Practices

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

June 2, 2011

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