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Original Reporting, Commentary, and News from a Nation on Lockdown

News & Features

After 41 Years in Solitary, a Dying Herman Wallace Has His Conviction Overturned—-and Is Freed

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

October 1, 2013

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Federal Appeals Court Considers Tommy Silverstein’s 30 Years in Extreme Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella

September 25, 2013

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Inside ADX Supermax: “A Bloody Nightmare”

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by Sal Rodriguez

September 12, 2013

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New Directive May Curtail Use of Solitary Confinement in Immigrant Detention

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 9, 2013

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New Solitary Watch Print Edition

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 8, 2013

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California Prison Hunger Strike Ends After 60 Days

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by Sal Rodriguez

September 5, 2013

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Day 59 of California Prison Hunger Strike: “Their Spirits Are High, Their Bodies Are Weak”

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by Sal Rodriguez

September 4, 2013

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UN: Solitary Confinement in the U.S. Can Be Torture, Force-Feeding Unacceptable

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by Lisa Dawson

August 28, 2013

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Day 49 of California Prison Hunger Strike: “Our Lives Are in the Hands of CDCR”

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by Sal Rodriguez

August 25, 2013

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California Prison Hunger Strikers to Be Force-Fed

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 19, 2013

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Day 41 of California Hunger Strike: CDCR Still Insists It’s A Gang Power Play

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by Sal Rodriguez

August 18, 2013

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Day 39 of California Prison Hunger Strike: Governor Jerry Brown Remains Silent

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by Sal Rodriguez

August 15, 2013

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Day 36 of California Hunger Strike: Hundreds Still Protesting Isolation Policies

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by Sal Rodriguez

August 12, 2013

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Calipatria Hunger Striker: “Putting Everything On The Line For Dignity”

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by Sal Rodriguez

August 9, 2013

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Pat Nolan’s Evangelical Prison Reform

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by James Ridgeway

August 8, 2013

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The Use of Isolation in U.S. Prisons: A Human Rights Issue

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

August 8, 2013

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30 Days of Hunger Striking, California Prisons Chief Insists It’s “Gang Power Play”

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by Sal Rodriguez

August 6, 2013

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Hundreds Still on Hunger Strike in California Prisons As Situation Becomes Increasingly Dire

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by Sal Rodriguez

August 1, 2013

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Suicide of California Hunger Strike Participant Draws National Attention to a Broken System

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 30, 2013

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Why Holder’s Pledge That Snowden “Will Not Be Tortured” Is a Lie

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 29, 2013

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One Thousand California Hunger Strikers At Two Weeks

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 24, 2013

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California Prison Hunger Strike: “It’s an Absolute Madhouse”

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 22, 2013

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California Prison Officials Retaliating Against Hunger Strikers

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 19, 2013

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Thousands of California Prisoners, One Hunger Strike, One Week

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 15, 2013

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We Are One Body: Catholics Raise Voices Against Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 14, 2013

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Members of Congress Call for Investigation of Louisiana’s Use of Solitary Confinement, Treatment of Angola 3

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

July 13, 2013

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