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CHILDREN IN LOCKDOWN One of the first posts we wrote on Solitary Watch, when we started the site back in December, was the story of a teen suffering from depression and PTSD who was living in solitary confinement at Montana State Prison, in conditions that the American Civil Liberties Union did not hesitate to identify as torture. […]

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Montana Teen Who Faced Torture in Prison Asks Judge to Keep Him Out of Solitary

Obama’s First Military Tribunal: Child Soldier Tortured at Bagram and Gitmo

All-American Prison Torture

What the War on Terror Owes to the War on Crime (Redux)

Obama’s Plan Is the “Wrong Way to Close Guantanamo,” Groups Warn

“I Spent 29 Years in Solitary Confinement”

Solitary Confinement Is a “Challenge for Medical Ethics”

“Torture Memo” Author Says He Authorized Waterboarding, But Not “Extended Solitary Confinement”

Celebrities in Solitary: Lindsay Lohan Goes to Lockdown

“Extradition to a Future of Total Isolation” Opposed by British Human Rights Lawyer

Film Documents the Angola 3’s 100+ Years of Solitude

Atul Gawande on Solitary Confinement: Our Generation of Americans “Has Countenanced Legalized Torture”

Punishment for Possessing One Joint = Jail, Solitary Confinement, and Deportation

The Lost Boys of Westchester County’s SHU

Dead Man Killing Himself

House Republicans Explain Why They Oppose Ban on Child Abuse in Schools

Maine’s Solitary Confinement Bill: Another Test of Our Tolerance for Torture

Amy Goodman and Atul Gawande on Solitary Confinement