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“Across the United States, staff working in jails and prisons have used unnecessary, excessive, and even malicious force on prisoners with mental disabilities such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.” This is the conclusion of Callous and Cruel: Use of Force Against Inmates with Mental Disabilities in US Jails and Prisons a Human Rights Watch report […]

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New Report Documents Brutal Treatment of People with Mental Illness in U.S. Prisons and Jails

Voices from ADX: Living “Inside America’s Toughest Prison”

UN Torture Investigator Barred from Visiting American Supermax Prisons

Arizona Opens New $50M Supermax Prison; Report Denounces State’s Use of Solitary

UN Committee on Torture Says U.S. Must Reform Its Use of Solitary Confinement

UN Committee on Torture Questions U.S. Record on Solitary Confinement

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