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An important new report on solitary confinement was released today by the New York Civil Liberties Union, titled Boxed In: The True Cost of Extreme Isolation in New York’s Prisons. Based on a year of research, correspondence with more than a hundred prisoners, and multiple open records requests, this report offers a detailed and powerful picture of how solitary confinement […]

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Unlock the Box: The Fight Against Solitary Confinement in New York

Tamms Supermax Prison Closure Temporarily Halted

“New York’s Black Sites”: New Article About Solitary Confinement in State Prisons

Report from Senate Hearing on Solitary Confinement

Testimony from Hearing on Closure of Tamms Supermax Prison

National and International Events Challenging Use of Solitary Confinement

Solitary Confinement in Virginia’s Prisons

Solitary Confinement on Rikers Island: An Interview with the Prisoners Rights Project

City to Sharply Increase Solitary Confinement on Rikers Island

New Study: Solitary Confinement Overused in Colorado

Reducing Solitary Confinement in Maine

New Video: Charlie and Pauline Sullivan of C.U.R.E.

Abu Ghraib on the Allegheny: Sexual and Physical Abuse at Pennsylvania Prison

Roundup of Testimony from California Assembly Hearing on Solitary Confinement

California Teachers Union Letter of Support for Educational Programming in Solitary Confinement

Voices From Solitary: Pelican Bay Hunger Strike Was “the Only Way to Get the Word Out” About Prison Abuses

“Pawns in a Failed Experiment”: Testimony of Dr. Craig Haney on Solitary Confinement

City Responds on Emergency Plans for Rikers Island

New from Solitary Watch: Original Videos on Solitary Confinement

Supermax Prisons: “21st Century Asylums”

New York Times Heeds a Cry from the Depths of Pelican Bay Prison

“God’s Own Warden”: Inside Angola Prison

Maine Reduces Use of Solitary Confinement

From BOP to CCA: Federal Prison Director Defects to Private Prison Company

Solitary Watch Fact Sheet: Psychological Effects of Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary: Colorado Department of Corrections in Need of Correction

Report from Panel Discussion on Prison Isolation Units

Prisoner with Mental Illness Locked in Solitary Filth in Private Jail

Fortresses of Solitude (Part 1)