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The following is an excerpt from testimony submitted to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Human Rights, and Civil Rights by Pelican Bay Security Housing Unit inmate Gabriel Huerta. He has been in isolation since November 1986; like most in the SHU, he was validated as a gang member on questionable evidence of gang […]

Voices from Solitary

Human Rights

Voices from Solitary: Can’t You Hear Us?

Demonstrators Protest Solitary Confinement and Brutality in New York City’s Jails

Voices from Solitary: “No Human Being Should Be Treated This Way”

Guantanamo “Is Not an Aberration”: How the War on Terror Came Home

Voices from Solitary: High Tech Brutality

Report from Senate Hearing on Solitary Confinement

Now Available: Collection of Written Testimony for Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary: Behind Enemy Lines

First Congressional Hearing on Solitary Confinement to Be Held June 19

Former Rikers Island Chaplain Speaks Out Against Growth of Solitary Confinement

Torturous Milestone: 40 Years in Solitary for the Angola 3

New Film Explores “the Injustice of Solitary Confinement and the Transformative Power of Art”

European Human Rights Court Rules Terror Suspects Can Be Extradited to U.S. Supermax

California Prisoners in Solitary Confinement Petition the UN to Intervene

UN Human Rights Council Considers Solitary Confinement in U.S. Prisons

National and International Events Challenging Use of Solitary Confinement

The Guantánamos Next Door

New Report Shows Juvenile Lifers Suffering in Solitary Confinement

New Video: National Religious Campaign Against Torture Takes a Stand on Solitary Confinement

Beyond Guantánamo, There’s Long-Term Solitary Confinement in U.S. Prisons

New Video: UN Torture Expert Juan Mendez on Solitary Confinement

Freed from an Iranian Prison, Sarah Shourd Speaks Out for U.S. Prisoners in Solitary Confinement

UN Torture Investigator Calls on Nations to End Solitary Confinement

Tuesday Night in NYC: Forum on Solitary Confinement Features UN Special Rapporteur on Torture

Federal Judge Rules 28 Years in Solitary Confinement Not “Extreme,” Dismisses Silverstein Case

New Video: ACLU Launches “Stop Solitary” Campaign

Abu Ghraib, California: Report Shows Brutal Abuse of Prisoners in LA County Jails

The Torture of Troy Davis

NYC Bar Association Issues Report on “The Brutality of Supermax Confinement”