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Michelle Ortiz was serving one year at the Ohio Reformatory for Women, a state prison in Marysville, when she was molested by a male guard. A recent article in the Columbus Dispatch describes what happened next: When Ortiz reported the first assault to prison official Paula Jordan, the official told the inmate that the male guard […]

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Woman Prisoner Sent to Solitary for Reporting Rape by Guard

Charles Dickens on Solitary Confinement: “Immense Torture and Agony”

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

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

U.S. Supermax Prisons Are Challenged in the European Court of Human Rights–and Lose the First Round

Video Shows Maine Prisoner with Mental Illness Brutally Subdued by Guards

Children in Lockdown: Solitary Confinement of Teens in Adult Prisons

UN Torture Investigator Barred from Visiting American Supermax Prisons

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

Irish Court Blocks Suspect’s Extradition to U.S., Citing Risk of Solitary Confinement

Can International Laws and Standards Help Curb Solitary Confinement in the United States?

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

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

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

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

UN: Solitary Confinement in the U.S. Can Be Torture, Force-Feeding Unacceptable

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

Far from Guantánamo, Torture Takes Root in American Soil

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

Florida Bill Would Limit Use of Solitary Confinement on Children

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

Solitary Confinement: Too Controversial for Costco

Activists Urge U.S. Government to Grant UN Torture Expert Access to New York’s Prisons

New Report Criticizes Use of Solitary Confinement in New Mexico Prisons and Jails

Records Show Excessive Use of Force at Colorado Supermax