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Solitary Watch is building an archive of written testimony submitted to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights, in connection with the hearing on solitary confinement to be held on Tuesday at 10 am. You can access the archive (still a work-in-progress) by clicking here, or by going through our Resources page. […]

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

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 18, 2012

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Report from Senate Hearing on Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 19, 2012

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Congress Unlocks America’s Hidden Shame of Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

June 21, 2012

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

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 12, 2012

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Shutting Down a Supermax: An Interview With Alan Mills of the Uptown People’s Law Center

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by Julian Burns

July 16, 2012

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Tamms Supermax Prison Closure Temporarily Halted

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by Sal Rodriguez

September 10, 2012

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The Other Death Sentence: Aging and Dying in Prison

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 26, 2012

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Tamms Supermax: Report Reveals More Guards Than Prisoners, Soaring Costs

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by Beth Broyles

December 4, 2012

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No Obama Budget Freeze for Prisons

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 22, 2010

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Incarceration Nation

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 15, 2010

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Kids Languish in Solitary While Awaiting Trial in Colorado

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 13, 2010

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The Maine Redemption: Bill Seeks to Restrict Use of Solitary in State’s Prisons

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

January 11, 2010

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Rising Criticism of Tamms Illinois Supermax

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

January 2, 2010

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The End of Tamms Supermax

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

January 9, 2013

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Colorado State Penitentiary II Opens With 300 New Solitary Confinement Cells

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 1, 2010

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New Federal Budget: Plenty of Money for Prisons

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 25, 2012

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“God’s Own Warden”: Inside Angola Prison

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by James Ridgeway

July 28, 2011

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

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by Lisa Dawson

March 14, 2014

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

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by Jean Casella

January 20, 2015

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

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by Lakshmi Gopal

February 12, 2015

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New Report Highlights 10 Destructive Myths About Solitary Confinement

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by Hallie Grossman

June 5, 2015

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Due Process Rights Routinely Suppressed in California Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 3, 2010

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

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

January 11, 2014

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Solitary Confinement: Too Controversial for Costco

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

December 13, 2013

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GAO Report Questions Widespread Use of Solitary Confinement in Federal Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 1, 2013

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Prison Myth No. 1: “Prisoners Want to Go Into Solitary Confinement”

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

February 6, 2011

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

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

June 17, 2011

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For Jamie Scott, an $11 Robbery in Mississippi May Carry a Death Sentence

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

March 5, 2010

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Historic California Assembly Hearing on Solitary Confinement

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by Sal Rodriguez

August 24, 2011

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