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Records kept by the Colorado Department of Corrections show 61 instances from March 1, 2012 to March 1 of this year of corrections officers using force on men held at the Colorado State Penitentiary (CSP), where prisoners are held in administrative segregation on lockdown for 23 hours a day. The “use of force” log, obtained by Denver’s Westword, […]

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Records Show Excessive Use of Force at Colorado Supermax

U.S. DOJ Documents Torturous Treatment in Pennsylvania Solitary Confinement Unit

Seven Days in Solitary [6/9/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/2/13]

Measure to Limit Solitary Confinement Advances in Senate Immigration Bill

Deaf Prisoners in Florida Face Abuse and Solitary Confinement

Federal Lawsuit Challenges Brutality in Solitary Confinement Unit at North Carolina Prison

Voices from Solitary: “Extradition”

Seven Days in Solitary [5/12/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/4/13]

The Ten Worst Prisons in America

Russell Maroon Shoatz: Resisting the “Spiritual Death” of Solitary Confinement

Judge Refuses to Dismiss Federal Supermax Lawsuits

Seven Days in Solitary [4.20.13]

To See or Not to See: Capturing Herman Wallace’s 41 Years in Solitary

Twenty Years After the Lucasville Uprising, Trying to Tell the Story

Obama’s 2014 Budget Confirms Plans for “ADX Thomson,” New Federal Supermax Prison

Seven Days in Solitary [4.12.13]

Voices from Solitary: The Louder My Voice the Deeper They Bury Me

Seven Days in Solitary [4.4.13]

Thirty Days in Solitary

U.S. Holds Hundreds of Detained Immigrants in Solitary Confinement

Louisiana Attorney General Says Angola 3 “Have Never Been Held in Solitary Confinement”

New Mexico Man Gets $15.5 Million for His Two-Year Ordeal in Solitary

Florida Bill Would Limit Use of Solitary Confinement on Children

The Hidden History of Solitary Confinement in New Jersey’s Control Units

Guarding the Fortresses: How Prison Policies Limit Media Access to Solitary Confinement

Journalists Barred from Prison Isolation Units

Tracking the Rise of Solitary Confinement in America–and of the Struggle Against It