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Federal Prisons

The following roundup features noteworthy news, reports and opinions on solitary confinement from the past week that have not been covered in other Solitary Watch posts. • According to the tally kept by the Miami Herald, 22 of the 166 men held captive at Guantanamo are engaged in a hunger strike, with 20 being force-fed. This week marks […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/8/13]

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by Jean Casella

September 9, 2013

News & Features

Why Holder’s Pledge That Snowden “Will Not Be Tortured” Is a Lie

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 29, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Solitary Watch Print Edition

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 21, 2013

News & Features

GAO Report Questions Widespread Use of Solitary Confinement in Federal Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 1, 2013

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Measure to Limit Solitary Confinement Advances in Senate Immigration Bill

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by Rachel M. Cohen

May 29, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “Extradition”

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by Voices from Solitary

May 13, 2013

News & Features

Judge Refuses to Dismiss Federal Supermax Lawsuits

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 25, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4.20.13]

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by Jean Casella

April 20, 2013

News & Features

Obama’s 2014 Budget Confirms Plans for “ADX Thomson,” New Federal Supermax Prison

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 13, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4.4.13]

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by Lisa Dawson

April 4, 2013

News & Features

Thirty Days in Solitary

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

March 30, 2013

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U.S. Holds Hundreds of Detained Immigrants in Solitary Confinement

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by Lisa Dawson

March 25, 2013

News & Features

Tracking the Rise of Solitary Confinement in America–and of the Struggle Against It

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

March 1, 2013

News & Features

Bradley Manning Marks 1,000 Days in Pre-Trial Detention

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 23, 2013

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Feds to Open New Supermax Prison Cells at “Gitmo North”

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 8, 2013

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Federal Bureau of Prisons to Undergo Review of Solitary Confinement Practices

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 5, 2013

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Profile of an ADX Prisoner: “Just Half Crazy And Trying To Hold On To The Other Half”

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by Sal Rodriguez

December 9, 2012

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Bradley Manning’s Torture in Solitary Confinement Is Subject of Pre-Trial Hearing

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

November 29, 2012

News & Features

“Millennium Bomber,” Scarred by 12 Years in Solitary, Is Sentenced to 37 More

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

October 26, 2012

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Extradited to a Future of Torture in a U.S. Supermax Prison

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

October 6, 2012

News & Features

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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Federal Government Seeks Dismissal of Supermax Suicide Lawsuit

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 25, 2012

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Defense Describes Bradley Manning’s “Unlawful Pretrial Punishment” in Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 11, 2012

News & Features

Federal Prisons Chief Sends Memo Urging Prisoners Not to Kill Themselves

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 4, 2012

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “Loneliness Is a Destroyer of Humanity”

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by Voices from Solitary

July 7, 2012

News & Features

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

News & Features

Lawsuit Challenges Conditions at ADX Federal Supermax

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by Shae Cali

June 25, 2012

News & Features

Report from Senate Hearing on Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 19, 2012

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “No Longer a Part of the World”

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by Voices from Solitary

June 12, 2012

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