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A bill to significantly limit the use solitary confinement in New York state prison and local jails gained momentum last week, after nine Assembly members and two state senators agreed to support the legislation. The new sponsorships, secured after a day of lobbying that brought more than 120 activists to Albany from around the state, […]

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Legislation Limiting Solitary Confinement in New York Gains Momentum

At Ohio’s Supermax Prison, a Hunger Strike Ends But Extreme Isolation Remains

Voices from Solitary: The Safari from Pelikkkan Bay

Officials, Advocates Call for Restrictions on Solitary Confinement in Wisconsin

Voices from Solitary: My Tranz Brothers and Sisters Are There, Boxed

Solitary Not Yet Over at Rikers, But Advocates Keep Fighting

Civil and Human Rights Groups to Eric Holder: No New Federal Supermax Prison at Thomson

For Solitary Confinement in U.S. Prisons, A Year of Incremental Reform

Controversy Erupts at Public Meeting on New Rikers Island Isolation Units

UN Committee on Torture Says U.S. Must Reform Its Use of Solitary Confinement

Working from the Inside Out

On Trial for Protesting Conditions in Solitary Confinement: The Case of the Dallas 6

On Rikers Island, an End to the Solitary Confinement of Children

New York City Officials and Advocates Push for Change to the “Culture of Brutality” on Rikers Island

“We Are Not the Worst of the Worst”: One Year Later, What’s Changed for Pelican Bay’s Hunger Strikers?

Voices from Solitary: Playing “The Con Game” at Pelican Bay

The Odyssey to Pelican Bay: Families Journey to California’s Notorious Supermax Prison

Seven Days in Solitary [5/11/14]

Immigrant Hunger Strikers Placed in Solitary Confinement at Federal Detention Center

Doing “Bing Time”: Memories of a Mental Health Worker in Rikers Island’s Solitary Confinement Unit

Lawsuit Secures New Limits on Solitary Confinement in New York’s Prisons

At Hearing on Solitary Confinement in California Prisons, Advocates Challenge “Reforms”

Seven Months After Historic Prison Hunger Strike, Opponents of Solitary in California Gauge the Pace of Change

Far from Guantánamo, Torture Takes Root in American Soil

Voices from Solitary: Hunger Strike in Menard Prison

New York Lawmakers Introduce Bill to End Long-Term Solitary Confinement

As New York City Jails Amend Their Solitary Confinement Practices, Abuses on Rikers Island Continue

New Campaign Highlights Post-9/11 Civil and Human Rights Abuses on American Soil

Seven Days in Solitary [12/22/13]