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

News & Features

What Solitary Confinement Does to the Brain

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 11, 2013

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Faces and Voices of the California Prison Hunger Strike

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 10, 2013

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As 30,000 Join California Prison Hunger Strike, Corrections Officials Issue Guidelines on Starvation

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 9, 2013

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California Prisoners Launch New Hunger Strike to Protest Solitary Confinement

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 8, 2013

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Fourteen Days in Solitary [7/7/13]

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 7, 2013

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New Feature: Letters to Solitary

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by Lisa Dawson

July 7, 2013

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Women in California Prison Isolation Units Face Overcrowding and Despair

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 1, 2013

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Angola 3’s Herman Wallace, Gravely Ill, Still Held in Isolation

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

June 24, 2013

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Records Show Excessive Use of Force at Colorado Supermax

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by Lisa Dawson

June 15, 2013

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Suicide in Solitary: A Mother Remembers Her Son

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 11, 2013

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U.S. DOJ Documents Torturous Treatment in Pennsylvania Solitary Confinement Unit

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

June 10, 2013

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Board of Correction Votes Against Limiting Solitary Confinement in New York City Jails

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by Cat Guzman and Jean Casella

June 7, 2013

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GAO Report Questions Widespread Use of Solitary Confinement in Federal Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 1, 2013

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Measure to Limit Solitary Confinement Advances in Senate Immigration Bill

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by Rachel M. Cohen

May 29, 2013

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Deaf Prisoners in Florida Face Abuse and Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

May 21, 2013

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Federal Lawsuit Challenges Brutality in Solitary Confinement Unit at North Carolina Prison

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by Lisa Dawson

May 18, 2013

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The Art of Activism: Closing Tamms Supermax

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 6, 2013

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The Ten Worst Prisons in America

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 2, 2013

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Russell Maroon Shoatz: Resisting the “Spiritual Death” of Solitary Confinement

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

April 28, 2013

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Judge Refuses to Dismiss Federal Supermax Lawsuits

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 25, 2013

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New Video: Dr. Terry Kupers on Solitary Confinement and Mental Health

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by Lisa Dawson

April 24, 2013

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To See or Not to See: Capturing Herman Wallace’s 41 Years in Solitary

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

April 17, 2013

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Twenty Years After the Lucasville Uprising, Trying to Tell the Story

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

April 16, 2013

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Opposing the Architecture of Isolation: Architects Against Solitary Confinement

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

April 15, 2013

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Obama’s 2014 Budget Confirms Plans for “ADX Thomson,” New Federal Supermax Prison

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 13, 2013

News & Features

Buried Alive: Solitary Confinement in Immigrant Detention

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

April 10, 2013

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