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The Associated Press has reported that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is reforming its policies regarding the controversial Security Housing Units (SHUs), where thousands of inmates are held in solitary confinement for an average of 6.8 years. According to the AP: Gang members would no longer have to renounce their gang membership. […]

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California Announces Reform of Controversial Policies That Led to Prison Hunger Strike

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by Sal Rodriguez

March 9, 2012

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North Carolina Prisoners Report Being Put in Solitary Confinement for Going on Strike

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by Sal Rodriguez

March 13, 2012

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California Prisoners in Solitary Confinement Petition the UN to Intervene

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

March 21, 2012

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Solitary Confinement in New York (and in the New York Times)

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

March 22, 2012

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Solitary Confinement on Trial in Colorado

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 30, 2012

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Prisoners in Solitary Confinement in California Respond to Prison Policy Reforms

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by Sal Rodriguez

May 1, 2012

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Federal Judge Criticizes Supermax Confinement in Colorado

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

May 8, 2012

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Prisoners in Solitary Confinement in Ohio Stage Two-Week Hunger Strike

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by Hannah Taleb

June 5, 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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One Year Anniversary of Pelican Bay Hunger Strike Against Solitary Confinement

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 3, 2012

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Guantanamo “Is Not an Aberration”: How the War on Terror Came Home

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 6, 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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Washington Prisoner Subjected to Solitary Confinement for “Involuntary Protection”

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 30, 2012

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One Year After Historic Hunger Strike, Isolated California Prisoners Report Little Change

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by Sal Rodriguez

August 6, 2012

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Political or Gang Activity? “New Afrikan” Prisoners in Solitary Confinement

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by Sal Rodriguez

August 7, 2012

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Texas Hearing Finds Prisoners Released from Solitary Directly to the Streets

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 5, 2012

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Solitary Policies in California Revised, As Prisoner Leaders Promote End to Racial Hostilities

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by Sal Rodriguez

September 24, 2012

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New Report Calls for End to Use of Solitary Confinement in Immigrant Detention

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by Beth Broyles

September 28, 2012

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

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

October 2, 2012

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Former Hostage in Iran Reports on Solitary Confinement in California

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

October 19, 2012

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NYCLU Files Suit Challenging Solitary Confinement in New York State Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 6, 2012

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Members of Congress Call for Investigation of Louisiana’s Use of Solitary Confinement, Treatment of Angola 3

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

July 13, 2013

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After 42 Years in Solitary Confinement, Will the Angola 3’s Albert Woodfox Be a Free Man?

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by Jean Casella

November 20, 2014

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What the War on Terror Owes to the War on Crime

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 16, 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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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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Twelve Years in Solitary, and “Still in Illegal Limbo”

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

January 24, 2013

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Law Aimed at Silencing People Convicted of Crimes Is Declared Unconstitutional

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by Vaidya Gullapalli

May 1, 2015

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