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It didn’t take much reading between the lines to decipher the central message of last week’s Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on solitary confinement. Lawmakers and witnesses alike appeared to agree: There are people in solitary confinement in American prisons who just don’t belong there. And then, there are other people who do. In taking this […]

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Way Down in the Hole: Senate Hearing Challenges Solitary Confinement for Some, But Not All

Could This Be the Worst Solitary Confinement Unit in the Nation?

Children Sentenced to Die in Prison

Solitary Confinement Gets Another Sharp Rebuke from a Supreme Court Justice

U.S. Government Tells UN: “No Systematic Use of Solitary Confinement in the United States”

A Hunger for Justice in Pelican Bay

Pelican Bay Prisoners File Lawsuit Against Long-Term Isolation

Indiana’s Treatment of Mentally Ill Prisoners in Solitary Confinement Violates Constitution

Voices from ADX: Living “Inside America’s Toughest Prison”

California Prisoners in Solitary Confinement Petition the UN to Intervene

40 Years in Solitary: New BBC Program on the Angola 3 Case

“Complete Lawlessness” at Orleans Parish Prison

New Film Explores “the Injustice of Solitary Confinement and the Transformative Power of Art”

Torturous Milestone: 40 Years in Solitary for the Angola 3

Solitary Confinement on Trial in Colorado

Federal Judge Criticizes Supermax Confinement in Colorado

Montana Prisoners with Mental Illness Suffer in Solitary Confinement

Former Rikers Island Chaplain Speaks Out Against Growth of Solitary Confinement

Report from Senate Hearing on Solitary Confinement

Lawsuit Challenges Conditions at ADX Federal Supermax

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

NYCLU Files Suit Challenging Solitary Confinement in New York State Prisons

On Bradley Manning, Solitary Confinement, and Selective Outrage

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

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

Southern Injustice: 37 Years in Solitary

Two Clinton-Era Laws That Permit Cruel and Unusual Punishment

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

U.S. DOJ Documents Torturous Treatment in Pennsylvania Solitary Confinement Unit