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California Teachers Union Letter of Support for Educational Programming in Solitary Confinement

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by Sal Rodriguez

September 17, 2011

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California SHU Inmates to Resume Hunger Strike September 26th

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by Sal Rodriguez

September 15, 2011

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What the War on Terror Owes to the War on Crime

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 10, 2011

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“I Never Will Abandon This Hope”: Testimony of a Pelican Bay Hunger Striker on Solitary Confinement

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by Sal Rodriguez

September 9, 2011

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“Where Punishment Becomes Torture”: Testimony of Dorsey Nunn on Solitary Confinement

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by Sal Rodriguez

September 8, 2011

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“A Form of Torture”: Testimony of Laura Magnani on Solitary Confinement

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by Sal Rodriguez

September 8, 2011

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Pelican Bay Prisoners Plan to Resume Hunger Strike

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 3, 2011

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“The Destruction of the Human Spirit”: Testimony of Rev. William McGarvey on Solitary Confinement

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by Sal Rodriguez

September 3, 2011

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Illinois Prisoner Says Years of Solitary Confinement Caused Mental Illness, Self-Mutilation

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 2, 2011

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“Pawns in a Failed Experiment”: Testimony of Dr. Craig Haney on Solitary Confinement

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by Sal Rodriguez

September 1, 2011

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“Toxic Conditions”: Testimony of Dr. Terry Kupers on Solitary Confinement

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by Sal Rodriguez

August 31, 2011

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Historic California Assembly Hearing on Solitary Confinement

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by Sal Rodriguez

August 24, 2011

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Washington Post Takes a Stand Against the “Invisible Brutality That Is Solitary Confinement”

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

August 22, 2011

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“Give Us in Here the Strength to See This Thing Through”: A Chronicle of the Pelican Bay Hunger Strike

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by Sal Rodriguez

August 17, 2011

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New from Solitary Watch: Original Videos on Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

August 16, 2011

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New Solitary Watch Print Edition (Summer 2011) Now Available

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

August 11, 2011

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Supermax Prisons: “21st Century Asylums”

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 10, 2011

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New York Times Heeds a Cry from the Depths of Pelican Bay Prison

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 2, 2011

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“God’s Own Warden”: Inside Angola Prison

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by James Ridgeway

July 28, 2011

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A Hunger for Justice in Pelican Bay

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

July 27, 2011

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Maine Reduces Use of Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

July 25, 2011

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As Prisoners End Hunger Strike at Pelican Bay, Their Cause Continues

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

July 22, 2011

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Statements from Human Rights and Civil Rights Groups Support Pelican Bay Hunger Strikers

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 21, 2011

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Native American Activist Leonard Peltier “in the Hellhole” of Solitary Confinement

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 19, 2011

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Who Are the Hunger Strikers? How Prisoners Land in Pelican Bay’s SHU

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 18, 2011

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Update: Pelican Bay Prisoners Reject State Proposal, Continue Hunger Strike

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 17, 2011

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