International Agreements Archives

International Agreements

This week’s pick of news and commentary about solitary confinement: In 2021, a woman named Melissa approached the FBI with a complaint against FCI Dublin, a federal prison for women in California. What followed was a year-long probe by the FBI and a bipartisan investigation by the U.S. Senate. According to their report, over the […]

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International Agreements

Women in Federal Prisons Face Widespread Sexual Abuse…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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

UN Human Rights Experts (Again) Push for Access to U.S. Prisons, Call for Solitary Reform

UN’s “Mandela Rules” to Set New International Limits on Solitary Confinement

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

Voices from Solitary: Survivors Speak

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

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

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

Voices from Solitary: “Extradition”

At U.N. Prisoners’ Rights Meeting, U.S. Resists Limits on Solitary Confinement

Kids in Solitary Confinement: America’s Official Child Abuse

Voices from Solitary: Can’t You Hear Us?

Children Spend Months in Solitary Confinement in Texas Jails

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

Solitary Confinement in Great Britain: Still Harsh, But Rare

New Video: UN Torture Expert Juan Mendez on 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

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

New Fact Sheet on Solitary Confinement and the Law

“A Form of Torture”: Testimony of Laura Magnani on Solitary Confinement

“The Destruction of the Human Spirit”: Testimony of Rev. William McGarvey on Solitary Confinement

“Pawns in a Failed Experiment”: Testimony of Dr. Craig Haney on Solitary Confinement

Confronting Torture in U.S. Prisons: A Q&A With Solitary Watch