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The use of solitary confinement in Canada could soon undergo major changes as prominent figures and organizations issue ever louder calls to reform the practice – or even abolish it entirely. “Ending segregation is not a revolutionary, unrealistic, or aspirational idea,” says Renu Mandhane, Chief Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission. “It is primarily […]

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Pressure Grows in Canada for Strict Limits on the Use of Solitary Confinement in Federal and Provincial Prisons

How the New Settlement Will—and Will Not—Change Solitary Confinement in New York’s Prisons (Redux)

Activists Turn to Lawsuits and Legislation to Fight Solitary Confinement in New Jersey

Legal Settlement Is Having a “Transformative Effect” on Solitary Confinement in California Prisons

What Obama’s Actions Mean for Solitary Confinement in America’s Prisons

With Sons in Solitary, Mothers Fight for Their Freedom—and Their Lives

How the Landmark Settlement Will—and Will Not—Change Solitary Confinement in New York’s Prisons

Presidential Prison Politics

Toxic Traps: Environmental Hazards Threaten Two Federal Supermax Prisons

Prison Watchdog Says Solitary Confinement in Canada Is “Out of Control”

Audit of Solitary Confinement in Federal Prisons: An Inside Job Reaches Foregone Conclusions

In California Prisons, Hundreds Removed from Solitary Confinement—and Thousands Remain

New Federal Supermax Prison Will Double Capacity for Extreme Solitary Confinement

Fates Worse Than Death?

On Trial for Protesting Conditions in Solitary Confinement: The Case of the Dallas 6

“A Girl Hung Herself Yesterday”: Deaths in Custody at California Institution for Women

Transgender Women in New York State Prisons Face Solitary Confinement and Sexual Assault

“We Are Not the Worst of the Worst”: One Year Later, What’s Changed for Pelican Bay’s Hunger Strikers?

New Solitary Confinement Policies in California Bring Small Changes and Raise Big Questions

In a Maryland Jail, Teens Charged As Adults Face Isolation and Neglect

On the Way to Solitary, Women in Massachusetts Jail Get Strip Searched and Videotaped

City’s New Corrections Chief, Known for Solitary Confinement Reforms, Faces Steep Challenges on Rikers

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

ADX H-Unit on Hunger Strike, Prisoners Being Force-Fed

At Hearing on Solitary Confinement in California Prisons, Advocates Challenge “Reforms”

Women in Solitary Confinement: Buried Inside the Federal Prison System

DC’s Youth Face Solitary Confinement in District Jails and Federal Prisons

Women in Solitary Confinement: Sent to Solitary for Reporting Sexual Assault

Women in Solitary Confinement: “The Isolation Degenerates Us Into Madness”