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

News & Features

No Evidence of National Reduction in Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 15, 2010

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“Extradition to a Future of Total Isolation” Opposed by British Human Rights Lawyer

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 14, 2010

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The End of Mississippi’s Notorious Supermax Unit

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 12, 2010

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Oregon Converts Supermax Unit to Treat Prisoners With Mental Illness

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 4, 2010

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Lessons from Solitary

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

June 3, 2010

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Super-Secretive Supermax Prisons: Last Day to Register Opposition

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

June 2, 2010

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Richard Ross Photographs Children in Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 21, 2010

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Supreme Court Decision Limits Juvenile Life Without Parole (Within Limits)

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 17, 2010

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Abuse and Cover-Up in California Prisons’ “Behavior Management Units”

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 12, 2010

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Woman Prisoner Sent to Solitary for Reporting Rape by Guard

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 3, 2010

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Live from Death Row: 3,600 Americans Waiting Alone to Die

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

April 15, 2010

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N.J. Prison Abused Inmates During Month-Long Lockdown

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 14, 2010

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Atul Gawande on Solitary Confinement: Our Generation of Americans “Has Countenanced Legalized Torture”

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

April 13, 2010

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Cash-Strapped Colorado Comes Up With Funds for New Supermax

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 11, 2010

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Obama’s Plan Is the “Wrong Way to Close Guantanamo,” Groups Warn

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

April 10, 2010

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The Machinery of Death: Some Death Row Prisoners Can Still Opt for Firing Squad (or Electric Chair, Gas Chamber, or Noose)

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 7, 2010

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Maine Legislature Votes to Study Solitary Confinement Practices–But Not to Change Them

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

April 7, 2010

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The Parable of Yarl’s Wood

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

April 4, 2010

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Solitary Watch Watches National Geographic’s Experiment in Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 2, 2010

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Solitary Confinement: Coming Live to a Computer Near You

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 2, 2010

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Storming “Little Gitmo”: Lawsuit Challenges Restricted Units in Federal Prisons

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

April 1, 2010

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Punishment for Possessing One Joint = Jail, Solitary Confinement, and Deportation

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

March 31, 2010

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The Lost Boys of Westchester County’s SHU

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

March 26, 2010

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Federal Lawsuit Challenges 27 Years of Supermax Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

March 26, 2010

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Devices of Torture in U.S. Prisons

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

March 22, 2010

News & Features

If You Build It, They Will Come: Obama Commits to Gitmo North

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

March 20, 2010

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