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Today we’re cross-posting an entry from my blog Unsilent Generation, because of its relevance to an issue we’ve written about before: environmental and animal rights activists placed in federal supermax Communications Management Units (CMUs) under the vastly overreactive Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA). The gist of this is that if you pursue some modest reforms through […]

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The Puppy Protection Act and the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act

America’s Most Isolated Federal Prisoner Describes 10,220 Days in Extreme Solitary Confinement

Hunger Strike in the Supermax: Pelican Bay Prisoners Protest Conditions in Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary: Letter from a Pelican Bay Hunger Striker

Voices from Solitary: 13.5 Square Feet

Voices from Solitary: Life in H-Unit, ADX Federal Supermax

Voices from Solitary: Testimony of a Jailhouse Lawyer

Seven Days in Solitary [12/22/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/12/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/19/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/8/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/27/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/7/15]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/19/18]

Fortresses of Solitude (Part 1)

Fortresses of Solitude (Part 2)

Suicide of California Hunger Strike Participant Draws National Attention to a Broken System

Journalists Barred from Prison Isolation Units

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

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

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

Pelican Bay Prisoners File Lawsuit Against Long-Term Isolation

Indiana’s Treatment of Mentally Ill Prisoners in Solitary Confinement Violates Constitution

Voices from ADX: Living “Inside America’s Toughest Prison”

Torturous Milestone: 40 Years in Solitary for the Angola 3

Solitary Confinement on Trial in Colorado

Federal Judge Criticizes Supermax Confinement in Colorado

Montana Prisoners with Mental Illness Suffer in Solitary Confinement

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