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International Agreements

Most of the presentations at this past week’s congressional briefing on the effects of long-term solitary confinement provided a simple overview of what Solitary Watch’s readers know well: prolonged, isolated confinement causes serious psychological damage, and most courts and legislatures have been unwilling to find harsh practices unconstitutional or to change this nation’s current trajectory. […]

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Solitary Confinement Comes to Capitol Hill

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by Daniel Goldman

April 11, 2011

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ACLU Takes a Strong Stand Against Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 25, 2011

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ACLU Urges UN to Take Action on Solitary Confinement in the United States

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 21, 2011

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Solitary Confinement Is a “Challenge for Medical Ethics”

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 11, 2010

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Obama’s First Military Tribunal: Child Soldier Tortured at Bagram and Gitmo

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 10, 2010

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

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 8, 2010

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“Extradition to a Future of Total Isolation” Opposed by British Human Rights Lawyer

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 14, 2010

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ACLU Calls on U.N. Human Rights Official to Stop Teen’s Torture in Montana Prison

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 17, 2010

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Two Clinton-Era Laws That Permit Cruel and Unusual Punishment

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 16, 2010

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What the War on Terror Owes to the War on Crime

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 16, 2010

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