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Are people in prison allowed to stand up for their rights? Or does all organized resistance to inhumane prison conditions amount to rioting? Five men—Andre Jacobs, Carrington Keys, Anthony Locke, Duane Peters and Derrick Stanley—will stand trial in a case that may determine how Pennsylvania’s justice system answer that question. The trial was scheduled to begin […]

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

Voices from Solitary: Is “Torture” Too Strong of a Word?

Settlement to Improve Arizona’s Prison Health Care, Limit Use of Solitary Confinement

Pope Francis Denounces Solitary Confinement, Calls for Prison Conditions That “Respect Human Dignity”

Voices from Solitary: Survivors Speak

U.S. Government Tells UN: “No Systematic Use of Solitary Confinement in the United States”

In the Story of Jonah, an Urgent Lesson About the Dangers of Solitary Confinement

Reports Condemn Healthcare and Solitary Confinement in Arizona State Prisons

American Experts Urge British Not to Believe What They Hear About US Prison Conditions

Voices from Solitary: Dare to Think

Seven Days in Solitary [8/31/14]

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

Videos Show Brutal Treatment of Prisoners with Mental Illness

Federal Supermax Prison “in Violation of International Law”: Amnesty International

Prayers for People in Solitary Confinement

What It Means to Be Human: A Philosopher’s Argument Against Solitary Confinement

UN Investigator Says Long-Term Solitary Confinement in New York State Prisons Is Torture

Voices from Solitary: “Mind Blowing Because I’m a Kid”

Voices from Solitary: A Day in the Life, Part V

Voices from Solitary: A Day in the Life, Part IV

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

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

Far from Guantánamo, Torture Takes Root in American Soil

New York Lawmakers Introduce Bill to End Long-Term Solitary Confinement

Prison Health Care: Is the American Health Profession Ignoring a Human Rights Issue Hiding in Plain Sight?

Seven Days in Solitary [1/26/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/19/13]

New Campaign Highlights Post-9/11 Civil and Human Rights Abuses on American Soil

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