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• According to The Appeal, the Promise of Justice Initiative released a report examining the high rate of deaths in the custody of the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison (EBRPP) in Louisiana. Twenty-five men, fifteen of whom were African American and most of whom suffered from a mental or physical illness, died at EBRPP between 2012 […]

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Seven Days in Solitary [8/19/18]

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

Supreme Court Justice Kennedy Invites Constitutional Challenge of Solitary Confinement

Seven Days in Solitary [6/7/15]

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”

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

After 42 Years in Solitary Confinement, Will the Angola 3’s Albert Woodfox Be a Free Man?

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

U.S. Government Tells UN: “No Systematic Use of Solitary Confinement in the United States”

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

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

Voices from Solitary: Testimony of a Jailhouse Lawyer

Seven Days in Solitary [7/27/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/8/14]

Holder Makes Obama Administration’s First Public Statement on Solitary Confinement

Immigrant Hunger Strikers Placed in Solitary Confinement at Federal Detention Center

Torture on Death Row: Court Rules Against Automatic Use of Solitary Confinement for the Condemned

Way Down in the Hole: Senate Hearing Challenges Solitary Confinement for Some, But Not All

ADX H-Unit on Hunger Strike, Prisoners Being Force-Fed

Lawsuit Secures New Limits on Solitary Confinement in New York’s Prisons

Far from Guantánamo, Torture Takes Root in American Soil

Seven Days in Solitary [1/19/13]

New Campaign Highlights Post-9/11 Civil and Human Rights Abuses on American Soil

Seven Days in Solitary [1/12/13]

Mentally Ill in South Carolina’s Prisons Suffer Decades of Abuse and Neglect