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As of today, alleged Wikileaker Bradley Manning has been held without trial for 1,000 days. More than nine months of that time was spent in solitary confinement in the Marine brig in Quantico, Virginia. To mark the date, we recommend reading Chase Madar’s book The Passion of Bradley Manning–or, next best, the long excerpt from the […]

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Bradley Manning Marks 1,000 Days in Pre-Trial Detention

Solidarity and Solitary: When Unions Clash With Prison Reform

Twelve Years in Solitary, and “Still in Illegal Limbo”

The End of Tamms Supermax

At U.N. Prisoners’ Rights Meeting, U.S. Resists Limits on Solitary Confinement

NYCLU Files Suit Challenging Solitary Confinement in New York State Prisons

Massachusetts Court Rules Against Solitary Confinement Without Due Process

Bradley Manning’s Torture in Solitary Confinement Is Subject of Pre-Trial Hearing

Bonnie Kerness: Pioneer in the Struggle Against Solitary Confinement

The 2 Million Swing State Voters Who Won’t Be Voting Today

Mentally Ill Man Dies, Injured and Alone, in a Tulsa Jail Cell

Former Hostage in Iran Reports on Solitary Confinement in California

Extradited to a Future of Torture in a U.S. Supermax Prison

Unlock the Box: The Fight Against Solitary Confinement in New York

New Report Calls for End to Use of Solitary Confinement in Immigrant Detention

Federal Government Seeks Dismissal of Supermax Suicide Lawsuit

Pennsylvania Lawmakers Hear Testimony on the Torture of Solitary Confinement

Mumia Abu-Jamal Challenges Death Row Solitary Confinement and Life Without Parole

Portrait of a Prison Whistleblower—and His Punishment

California Justice: Three Strikes and Sixteen Years in Solitary

Judge Rules Against Colorado Supermax That Keeps Prisoners Indoors for Years

Teen Dies in Solitary in Georgia Jail After Alleged Medical Neglect

Defense Describes Bradley Manning’s “Unlawful Pretrial Punishment” in Solitary Confinement

Shutting Down a Supermax: An Interview With Alan Mills of the Uptown People’s Law Center

“New York’s Black Sites”: New Article About Solitary Confinement in State Prisons

Guantanamo “Is Not an Aberration”: How the War on Terror Came Home

Lawsuit Challenges Conditions at ADX Federal Supermax

Congress Unlocks America’s Hidden Shame of Solitary Confinement

Report from Senate Hearing on Solitary Confinement