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• The East Bay Times reported that a federal class-action lawsuit filed Friday claims two jails in Alameda County, California, violate the constitutional rights of the individuals held there through the use of “safety cells.” These cells are used for people who express suicidal thoughts, who are stripped naked, given a smock, and isolated without […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Civil Liberties/Civil Rights

Seven Days in Solitary [12/24/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/9/18]

Prisons Use Solitary Confinement to Silence Strikers Nationwide—But Their Voices Have Been Heard

Seven Days in Solitary [9/16/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/9/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/2/18]

In Open Letter to President Obama, Groups Push for Solitary Confinement Reforms

At Louisiana’s Angola Prison, Lawsuit Claims, the Sick Face Neglect, Isolation, and Death

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

Chelsea Manning Faces Solitary Confinement for Reading Materials, Other Minor Infractions

Can International Laws and Standards Help Curb Solitary Confinement in the United States?

Voices from Solitary: A Second-by-Second Attack on Your Soul

British Supreme Court Rules Against Unlawful Use of Prolonged Solitary Confinement

UN’s “Mandela Rules” to Set New International Limits on Solitary Confinement

Kafka and the Debate Over Solitary Confinement

Irish Court Blocks Suspect’s Extradition to U.S., Citing Risk of Solitary Confinement

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

Will Revamped Prison Regulations Reduce Solitary Confinement in California?

Supreme Court Justice Kennedy Invites Constitutional Challenge of Solitary Confinement

Will Lawsuits and Exposés Lead to Reform of Florida’s Brutal Prisons?

Federal Judge Orders Angola 3’s Albert Woodfox Released After 43 Years in Solitary

New Report Documents Brutal Treatment of People with Mental Illness in U.S. Prisons and Jails

Law Aimed at Silencing People Convicted of Crimes Is Declared Unconstitutional

At Ohio’s Supermax Prison, a Hunger Strike Ends But Extreme Isolation Remains

Voices from ADX: Living “Inside America’s Toughest Prison”

Supreme Court Justice Kennedy: “Solitary Confinement Literally Drives Men Mad”

Audit of Solitary Confinement in Federal Prisons: An Inside Job Reaches Foregone Conclusions

In Canada, a Death in Prison Sparks Debate, Lawsuits Over Solitary Confinement

Women in New York State Prisons Face Solitary Confinement and Shackling While Pregnant or Sick