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For years, four British nationals have been fighting against their extradition to the United States to face various terrorism charges, arguing that such a move would place them at risk of human right violations, as defined by the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights. When courts in the UK ruled against the four men, they took their […]

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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

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

America’s “Most Isolated Man” Sues the Bureau of Prisons

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

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

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

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

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

Immigrant Hunger Strikers Placed in Solitary Confinement at Federal Detention Center

Far from Guantánamo, Torture Takes Root in American Soil

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

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

The Prisoner’s Catch-22

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

Confronting Torture in U.S. Prisons: A Q&A With Solitary Watch

Prisoners with Mental Illness Suffer — and Die — in Arizona’s Solitary Confinement Cells

Lawsuit Charges Solitary Confinement in Arizona’s Prisons Is Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Decision of Federal Judge Frees Prisoner from Solitary Confinement

Illinois Governor Proposes Closing Controversial Tamms Supermax Prison

New Report Shows Juvenile Lifers Suffering in Solitary Confinement

The Silent, Terrifying World of a Deaf Prisoner

Federal Judge Rules 28 Years in Solitary Confinement Not “Extreme,” Dismisses Silverstein Case

New Video: ACLU Launches “Stop Solitary” Campaign

New Fact Sheet on Solitary Confinement and the Law

The Torture of Troy Davis

NYC Bar Association Issues Report on “The Brutality of Supermax Confinement”