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The title of this post is the title of a new article by James Ridgeway that appears on Mother Jones and New American Media. It begins this way: William “Lefty” Gilday had been in prison 40 years when the dementia began to set in. At 82, he was already suffering from advanced Parkinson’s disease and […]

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The Other Death Sentence: Aging and Dying in Prison

Tamms Supermax Prison Closure Temporarily Halted

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

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

Congress Unlocks America’s Hidden Shame of Solitary Confinement

Report from Senate Hearing on Solitary Confinement

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

First Congressional Hearing on Solitary Confinement to Be Held June 19

Former Rikers Island Chaplain Speaks Out Against Growth of Solitary Confinement

Montana Prisoners with Mental Illness Suffer in Solitary Confinement

Solitary Confinement on Trial in Colorado

Testimony from Hearing on Closure of Tamms Supermax Prison

New Federal Budget: Plenty of Money for Prisons

Illinois Governor Proposes Closing Controversial Tamms Supermax Prison

“The Gray Box”: Must-Read Article (Plus Video) on Solitary Confinement in America

New Study: Solitary Confinement Overused in Colorado

Voices from Solitary: Letter from Calipatria Prison Hunger Strikers

Roundup of Testimony from California Assembly Hearing on Solitary Confinement

Historic California Assembly Hearing on Solitary Confinement

Washington Post Takes a Stand Against the “Invisible Brutality That Is Solitary Confinement”

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

“God’s Own Warden”: Inside Angola Prison

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

Solitary Confinement Widely Used in California’s Juvenile Jails

Doctors Prescribe Cure for “Epidemic of Mass Incarceration”

Maine Cuts Supermax Population, Reforms Solitary Confinement Practices

Groups Urge Holder to Clean House at the Bureau of Prisons

No Budget Cuts for Federal Prisons

Prisoner Grievances: “The System for Going Up Against the System”