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In Fall 2012, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) unveiled its “Step Down” program to evaluate prisoners with indefinite terms in its notorious Security Housing Units (SHUs) for release to general population. The program immediately drew criticism from both prisoners and their advocates, who charged that even those who have spent years in the SHU […]

Voices from Solitary

California

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]

Seven Days in Solitary [4/20/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [4/13/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/16/14]

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

Seven Days in Solitary [2/2/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/22/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/15/13]

Women in Solitary Confinement: “The Isolation Degenerates Us Into Madness”

How Many People Are In Solitary Confinement in California’s Prisons?

Seven Days in Solitary [12/1/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/24/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/10/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/3/13]

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

Seven Days in Solitary [10/13/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/6/13]

Videos Show Abuse of Mentally Ill in California Prisons

Seven Days in Solitary [9/29/13]

California Prison Hunger Strike Ends After 60 Days

Day 59 of California Prison Hunger Strike: “Their Spirits Are High, Their Bodies Are Weak”

A Month in Solitary [8/31/13]

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

California Prison Hunger Strikers to Be Force-Fed

Day 41 of California Hunger Strike: CDCR Still Insists It’s A Gang Power Play

Voices from Solitary: The Torture Chamber