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Records kept by the Colorado Department of Corrections show 61 instances from March 1, 2012 to March 1 of this year of corrections officers using force on men held at the Colorado State Penitentiary (CSP), where prisoners are held in administrative segregation on lockdown for 23 hours a day. The “use of force” log, obtained by Denver’s Westword, […]

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Records Show Excessive Use of Force at Colorado Supermax

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

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

Judge Refuses to Dismiss Federal Supermax Lawsuits

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

California Prisoners Launch New Hunger Strike to Protest Solitary Confinement

Fourteen Days in Solitary [7/7/13]

The Prisoner’s Catch-22

“Fatal Flaws” in the Colorado Solitary Confinement Study

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

Lessons from Solitary

Voices from the “Torture Chambers”: Solitary Confinement and Political Repression

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

Prison Rape, the PREA, and the PLRA

Solitary Watch Watches National Geographic’s Experiment in Solitary Confinement

What the War on Terror Owes to the War on Crime

Prisoners with Mental Illness Suffer — and Die — in Arizona’s Solitary Confinement Cells

Lawsuit Charges Solitary Confinement in Arizona’s Prisons Is Cruel and Unusual Punishment

National and International Events Challenging Use of Solitary Confinement

Lawsuit Challenges South Carolina’s Use of Solitary Confinement on Prisoners with Mental Illness

New Report Shows Juvenile Lifers Suffering in Solitary Confinement

Federal Judge Rules 28 Years in Solitary Confinement Not “Extreme,” Dismisses Silverstein Case

New Video: ACLU Launches “Stop Solitary” Campaign

Abu Ghraib, California: Report Shows Brutal Abuse of Prisoners in LA County Jails

Abu Ghraib on the Allegheny: Sexual and Physical Abuse at Pennsylvania Prison

New Fact Sheet on Solitary Confinement and the Law

The Torture of Troy Davis

NYC Bar Association Issues Report on “The Brutality of Supermax Confinement”

“Pawns in a Failed Experiment”: Testimony of Dr. Craig Haney on Solitary Confinement