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Four prisoners have at the supermax Ohio State Penitentiary in Youngstown have gone on a hunger strike to protest their solitary confinement. Their only demand: that they be moved to the state’s Death Row. The prisoners—Bomani Shakur, Siddique Abdullah Hasan, Jason Robb and Namir Abdul Mateen—were sentenced to death for their involvement in the 1993 prison uprising in Lucasville, […]

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Ohio Prisoners Go on Hunger Strike for Transfer from Solitary to Death Row

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

January 5, 2011

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Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 25, 2010

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Wilbert Rideau on Solitary Confinement: “The Zenith in Human Cruelty”

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

December 18, 2010

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The Solitary Men of Texas Death Row

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

November 28, 2010

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Angola Prison May Close Lockdown Unit–But Vows to Keep Inmates in Isolation

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

October 15, 2010

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John Thompson Takes a Louisiana Injustice from Death Row to the Supreme Court

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

October 5, 2010

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Cash-Strapped California to Spend $500 Million for New “Condemned Inmate Complex” (Death Row)

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 20, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Life on Level 3, Texas Death Row

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

August 8, 2010

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The Prisoner’s Catch-22

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

July 10, 2010

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Two Clinton Era Laws That Allow Cruel and Unusual Punishment (Redux)

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 22, 2010

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The End of Mississippi’s Notorious Supermax Unit

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 12, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Kenneth E. Hartman on “The Other Death Penalty”

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

May 19, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: New Memoir by Wilbert Rideau

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

May 6, 2010

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Live from Death Row: 3,600 Americans Waiting Alone to Die

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

April 15, 2010

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The Machinery of Death: Some Death Row Prisoners Can Still Opt for Firing Squad (or Electric Chair, Gas Chamber, or Noose)

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 7, 2010

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Dead Man Killing Himself

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by Jean Casella

March 9, 2010

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Two Clinton-Era Laws That Permit Cruel and Unusual Punishment

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 16, 2010

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Georgia’s Response to Death Row Suicides: Restrict Family Visits

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 13, 2010

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Louisiana Sues Its Own Death Row Prisoners

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 12, 2010

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The Mark of Cain: God and Man at Angola Prison

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by James Ridgeway

January 7, 2010

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A Louisiana Inmate’s Death Wish

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by Jean Casella

January 6, 2010

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