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California’s historic settlement ending the use of indefinite solitary confinement in the state prison system is now official. On January 26, U.S. District Court Judge Claudia Wilken approved the settlement agreement reached between California prison officials and lawyers for individuals who had spent more than ten years in solitary confinement in the prison system’s Security Housing […]

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Legal Settlement Is Having a “Transformative Effect” on Solitary Confinement in California Prisons

“Suicide Checks” Lead to Extreme Sleep Deprivation at Pelican Bay Prison

California Expects to Save $28 Million By Reducing Solitary Confinement

Seven Days in Solitary [01/03/2016]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/06/2015]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/13/2015]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/06/2015]

California Prison Hunger Strikes Sparked Solitary Reforms, Internal Documents Show

In Landmark Settlement, Solitary Confinement to Be Dramatically Reduced in California Prisons

Seven Days in Solitary [8/30/2015]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/16/2015]

After Hunger Strikes, Solitary Reforms Come to California’s Prisons—and Leave Thousands Behind

Will Revamped Prison Regulations Reduce Solitary Confinement in California?

Seven Days in Solitary [6/7/15]

Voices from Solitary: The Safari from Pelikkkan Bay

UN Torture Investigator Barred from Visiting American Supermax Prisons

In California Prisons, Hundreds Removed from Solitary Confinement—and Thousands Remain

Seven Days in Solitary [1/18/2015]

Working from the Inside Out

“A Girl Hung Herself Yesterday”: Deaths in Custody at California Institution for Women

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

Seven Days in Solitary [8/31/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/27/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/13/14]

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

New Solitary Confinement Policies in California Bring Small Changes and Raise Big Questions

Seven Days in Solitary [6/29/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/22/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/8/14]