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A court ruling out of South Carolina this week deserves the attention of anyone concerned with the use of solitary confinement and other brutal conditions and practices on the hundreds of thousands of people with mental illness who are held in our nation’s prisons. The best reporting on the ruling comes from The Atlantic’s Andrew […]

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

Seven Days in Solitary [12/22/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/13/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/6/13]

Federal Appeals Court Considers Tommy Silverstein’s 30 Years in Extreme Solitary Confinement

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

California Prisoners Launch New Hunger Strike to Protest Solitary Confinement

Fourteen Days in Solitary [7/7/13]

Angola 3’s Herman Wallace, Gravely Ill, Still Held in Isolation

Voices from Solitary: 13.5 Square Feet

Records Show Excessive Use of Force at Colorado Supermax

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

Federal Lawsuit Challenges Brutality in Solitary Confinement Unit at North Carolina Prison

Voices from Solitary: “You Are Solitary Confinement”

Judge Refuses to Dismiss Federal Supermax Lawsuits

“Systemic Failures Persist” in California Prison Mental Health Care, Judge Rules

Louisiana Attorney General Says Angola 3 “Have Never Been Held in Solitary Confinement”

Judge Rules California Solitary Confinement Lawsuit Should Have Its Day in Court

Lawsuit Filed Against Solitary Confinement of 800 “Seriously Mentally Ill” in Pennsylvania

Voices from Solitary: A Sentence Worse Than Death

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

Brandon Green, Chronicler of Solitary Confinement

NYCLU Files Suit Challenging Solitary Confinement in New York State Prisons

Kids in Solitary Confinement: America’s Official Child Abuse

Mumia Abu-Jamal Challenges Death Row Solitary Confinement and Life Without Parole

Judge Rules Against Colorado Supermax That Keeps Prisoners Indoors for Years

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

Lawsuit Challenges Conditions at ADX Federal Supermax

Report from Senate Hearing on Solitary Confinement