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

News & Features

Prison Whistleblower Condemned to Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

January 10, 2011

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Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 25, 2010

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Ohio Prisoners Go on Hunger Strike for Transfer from Solitary to Death Row

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

January 5, 2011

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The Scott Sisters’ “Debt to Society” and the New Jim Crow

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by James Ridgeway

January 7, 2011

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Wilbert Rideau on Solitary Confinement: “The Zenith in Human Cruelty”

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

December 18, 2010

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The Brutality of Supermax Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 17, 2010

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Georgia Prisoners’ Strike: “We locked ourselves down.”

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 13, 2010

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ACLU and Experts Slam Findings of Colorado DOC Report On Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella

December 4, 2010

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Massachusetts Prisoner Who Exposed Sex-for-Snitching Ring Sent to Solitary

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by James Ridgeway

November 18, 2010

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Fahad Hashmi Joins 1,400 Others in the Solitary Confinement Capital of the World

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

October 28, 2010

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Prisoner Sent to Solitary for Reporting Rape Takes Her Case to the Supreme Court

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

November 2, 2010

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No Charges in Maine Prison Death

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

November 4, 2010

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Our Homegrown American Gitmos

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

November 5, 2010

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“Epidemic” of Suicides in Massachusetts Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 6, 2010

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Solitary Watch to Be Featured at Torture Awareness Campaign

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

November 1, 2010

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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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Solitary Confinement for Transgender Inmate in Virginia

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

January 5, 2010

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ACLU Gets One Angola Prisoner Released from Solitary

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

January 26, 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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Children Routinely Held in Pre-Trial Solitary Confinement in Texas

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

October 22, 2010

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Teen Kills Himself After Being Put in Solitary for…Trying to Kill Himself

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by Jean Casella

March 10, 2010

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Alaska Teen Spends 17-Months in Pre-Trial Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 8, 2010

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LGBT Kids in Prison Face Rape, Beatings, and Isolation

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 13, 2010

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Montana Teen Who Faced Torture in Prison Asks Judge to Keep Him Out of Solitary

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

July 22, 2010

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Teen Held in Solitary in Tennessee Jail Because He Can’t Make Bail

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

October 14, 2010

News & Features

On Reality TV, Solitary Confinement Is a Game

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by Jean Casella

February 23, 2010

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