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The title of this post is the title of an op-ed by us, published in the Guardian on Tuesday. An excerpt follows; click through to the Guardian site to read the full piece. Imagine a place filled with closed, windowless cells. Each cell may be so small that you can extend your arms and touch the […]

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Congress Unlocks America’s Hidden Shame of Solitary Confinement

Report from Senate Hearing on Solitary Confinement

Now Available: Collection of Written Testimony for Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on Solitary Confinement

California Bill Would Lift Media Ban on Access to Prisons

Voices from Solitary: Behind Enemy Lines

First Congressional Hearing on Solitary Confinement to Be Held June 19

Prisoners in Solitary Confinement in Ohio Stage Two-Week Hunger Strike

Pelican Bay Prisoners File Lawsuit Against Long-Term Isolation

Montana Prisoners with Mental Illness Suffer in Solitary Confinement

Federal Judge Criticizes Supermax Confinement in Colorado

Transgender Immigrant Detainees Locked in Solitary Confinement

Children in Solitary

Solitary Confinement on Trial in Colorado

Solitary Confinement Leads to Suffering and Suicide in Pennsylvania’s Prisons

Torturous Milestone: 40 Years in Solitary for the Angola 3

European Human Rights Court Rules Terror Suspects Can Be Extradited to U.S. Supermax

California Prisoners in Solitary Confinement Petition the UN to Intervene

“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

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

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

The Guantánamos Next Door

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