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At a time when New York State is winning praise for removing vulnerable people from solitary confinement in its prisons, the case of Mark Gizewski offers a sobering counterpoint. Although he suffers from extreme physical disabilities and lives with constant pain, Gizewski has been in and out of solitary confinement for various prison rule violations. […]

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Severely Disabled Man Sues New York State Prisons for Neglect, Abuse

Federal Supermax Prison “in Violation of International Law”: Amnesty International

Federal Appeals Court Considers Tommy Silverstein’s 30 Years in Extreme Solitary Confinement

Angola 3’s Herman Wallace, Gravely Ill, Still Held in Isolation

After 41 Years in Solitary, a Dying Herman Wallace Has His Conviction Overturned—-and Is Freed

U.S. Supermax Prisons Are Challenged in the European Court of Human Rights–and Lose the First Round

The End of Mississippi’s Notorious Supermax Unit

Funding Approved for Activation of ADX/USP Thomson, New Federal Supermax Prison

N.J. Prison Abused Inmates During Month-Long Lockdown

Ninety Years Old, Deaf, and in the Hole in a Florida Prison

Civil and Human Rights Groups to Eric Holder: No New Federal Supermax Prison at Thomson

Solitary Not Yet Over at Rikers, But Advocates Keep Fighting

New Report Documents the “Waste, Cost and Harm” of Solitary Confinement in Texas

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

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

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

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

Kafka and the Debate Over Solitary Confinement

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

British Supreme Court Rules Against Unlawful Use of Prolonged Solitary Confinement

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

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

Due Process Rights Routinely Suppressed in California Prisons

UN Committee on Torture Questions U.S. Record on Solitary Confinement

In the Story of Jonah, an Urgent Lesson About the Dangers of Solitary Confinement

American Experts Urge British Not to Believe What They Hear About US Prison Conditions

Freed from an Iranian Prison, Sarah Shourd Speaks Out for U.S. Prisoners in Solitary Confinement

Pennsylvania Prison System Faces Lawsuit Over Suicide of Young Man with Mental Illness

Civil Rights Groups Demand Change for Transgender Women Held in Solitary in New York’s Prisons