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Amnesty International

New this week from Solitary Watch:  Our latest end-of-year appeal focuses on the Lifelines to Solitary project, the only pen pal program specifically for people held in solitary confinement—providing someone on the outside who listens and responds to their daily struggles, their ideas and interests, heartaches and hopes. Please consider supporting these unique and vital […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Report Exposes Torture at Florida Immigration Detention Facilities…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

December 10, 2025

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [04/02/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

April 2, 2017

News & Features

Federal Supermax Prison “in Violation of International Law”: Amnesty International

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 16, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/9/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

March 9, 2014

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Amnesty International Releases Report Condemning California Prison Isolation Units

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by Sal Rodriguez

September 29, 2012

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“Cruel Isolation”: Amnesty International Report Blasts Conditions in Arizona’s Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 3, 2012

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Amnesty International Calls for Angola 3’s Release from 40 Years of Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

June 7, 2011

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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 in Lockdown: Solitary Confinement of Teens in Adult Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

January 30, 2010

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Rising Criticism of Tamms Illinois Supermax

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

January 2, 2010

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