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Ty Evans is serving time in Pendleton Correctional Facility in Indiana for attempted murder. There, he became a self-taught legal advocate for other incarcerated men—a “jailhouse lawyer.”  There is no right to counsel for those serving prison sentences who seek to challenge their convictions  or their sentences–which is just one aspect of the utter failing […]

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Testimony of a Jailhouse Lawyer

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by Voices from Solitary

July 30, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/27/14]

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by Savannah Crowley

July 27, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Reach Out

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by Voices from Solitary

July 24, 2014

News & Features

New Report Highlights Extreme Isolation Endured by Terrorism Suspects

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by Aviva Stahl

July 22, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/20/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

July 20, 2014

News & Features

Federal Supermax Prison “in Violation of International Law”: Amnesty International

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 16, 2014

News & Features

Advisers to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission Hold Briefing on Juvenile Solitary Confinement in New York

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by Victoria Law

July 14, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/13/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

July 13, 2014

News & Features

Ninety Years Old, Deaf, and in the Hole in a Florida Prison

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by Adelyn Baxter

July 10, 2014

News & Features

“We Are Not the Worst of the Worst”: One Year Later, What’s Changed for Pelican Bay’s Hunger Strikers?

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by Victoria Law

July 7, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/6/2014]

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by Aviva Stahl

July 6, 2014

News & Features

New Solitary Confinement Policies in California Bring Small Changes and Raise Big Questions

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 3, 2014

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