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In relation to solitary confinement, one of the most important recent court rulings came in 1995’s Madrid v. Gomez. The decision was the result of a massive class-action suit, brought two years earlier in Federal District Court in California by the nonprofit Prison Law Office on behalf of more than 3,500 prisoners at Pelican Bay supermax. Prison Law Office Director […]

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Case Closed on Supermax Abuses at Pelican Bay

Suicide in Solitary: The Death of Alex Machado

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

Hundreds Still on Hunger Strike in California Prisons As Situation Becomes Increasingly Dire

California Prison Conditions Driving Prisoners to Suicide

A Day in the Life of Three Prisoners in Solitary Confinement

Faces and Voices of the California Prison Hunger Strike

How Many Prisoners Are in Solitary Confinement in the United States?

UN Torture Investigator Barred from Visiting American Supermax Prisons

California Prison Hunger Strikes Sparked Solitary Reforms, Internal Documents Show

Due Process Rights Routinely Suppressed in California Prisons

Working from the Inside Out

In the Story of Jonah, an Urgent Lesson About the Dangers of Solitary Confinement

Update: Prisoner Dies During Hunger Strike at California’s Corcoran State Prison

UN: Solitary Confinement in the U.S. Can Be Torture, Force-Feeding Unacceptable

Videos Show Abuse of Mentally Ill in California Prisons

Judge Rules California Solitary Confinement Lawsuit Should Have Its Day in Court

California Prisoners Launch New Hunger Strike to Protest Solitary Confinement

As 30,000 Join California Prison Hunger Strike, Corrections Officials Issue Guidelines on Starvation

California Prison Officials Retaliating Against Hunger Strikers

30 Days of Hunger Striking, California Prisons Chief Insists It’s “Gang Power Play”

Day 36 of California Hunger Strike: Hundreds Still Protesting Isolation Policies

Day 39 of California Prison Hunger Strike: Governor Jerry Brown Remains Silent

California Prison Hunger Strikers to Be Force-Fed

California Prison Hunger Strike Ends After 60 Days

One Month After Historic Hunger Strike, California Lawmakers Hold Hearings on Solitary Confinement

Fourteen Days in Solitary [7/7/13]

Confronting Torture in U.S. Prisons: A Q&A With Solitary Watch

Historic California Assembly Hearing on Solitary Confinement