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Guest Post by Bonnie Kerness Editor’s Note: Bonnie Kerness of the American Friends Service Committee’s Prison Watch Project was one of the first Americans to name the widespread use of solitary confinement in U.S. prisons as a form of torture. Her longtime battle against this practice is just one chapter in a lifetime spent in various forms of social justice […]

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Voices from the “Torture Chambers”: Solitary Confinement and Political Repression

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

Prison Rape, the PREA, and the PLRA

For Jamie Scott, an $11 Robbery in Mississippi May Carry a Death Sentence

Most House Republicans Vote to Let Schoolchildren Be Held Down, Tied Up, and Put in Solitary Confinement

WikiLeaks Suspect Faces Long Stay in Pretrial Solitary Confinement

Cruel and Usual: U.S. Solitary Confinement

Historic California Assembly Hearing on Solitary Confinement

What the War on Terror Owes to the War on Crime

“The Gray Box”: Upcoming New York Event on Solitary Confinement

Lawsuit Charges Solitary Confinement in Arizona’s Prisons Is Cruel and Unusual Punishment

UN Human Rights Council Considers Solitary Confinement in U.S. Prisons

Decision of Federal Judge Frees Prisoner from Solitary Confinement

National and International Events Challenging Use of Solitary Confinement

New Ban on Solitary Confinement for Child Prisoners in Mississippi

Federal Judge: Extended Solitary Confinement Causes “Lasting Psychological Damage and Emotional Harm”

“The Gray Box”: Must-Read Article (Plus Video) on Solitary Confinement in America

The Guantánamos Next Door

Mumia Abu-Jamal Moved Off Death Row–and into Solitary Confinement

New Report Shows Juvenile Lifers Suffering in Solitary Confinement

New Video: National Religious Campaign Against Torture Takes a Stand on Solitary Confinement

The Silent, Terrifying World of a Deaf Prisoner

Solitary Confinement on Rikers Island: An Interview with the Prisoners Rights Project

Beyond Guantánamo, There’s Long-Term Solitary Confinement in U.S. Prisons

Pennsylvania Prisoners Charged with Rioting After Protesting Conditions in Solitary

Tuesday Night in NYC: Forum on Solitary Confinement Features UN Special Rapporteur on Torture

Federal Judge Rules 28 Years in Solitary Confinement Not “Extreme,” Dismisses Silverstein Case

California Department of Corrections Threatens Prison Hunger Strikers, Bans Lawyers

New Video: ACLU Launches “Stop Solitary” Campaign