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Juan Mendez

New this week from Solitary Watch: • In an essay in our Voices from Solitary series, Cesar Villa offers a searing account of living in prolonged solitary confinement in a Security Housing Unit, or SHU, at California’s notorious Pelican Bay State Prison. “We’re only here to die. The prison administration is paid to put us down. […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/5/22]

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by Caitlin Konya

October 5, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/20/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

October 20, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/27/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

October 27, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/15/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

March 15, 2015

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/13/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

March 13, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/13/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

November 13, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/25/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

March 25, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/22/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

June 23, 2020

News & Features

Looking Back on Six Years of Leadership Against Solitary Confinement With UN Torture Expert Juan Méndez

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by James Ridgeway

January 30, 2017

News & Features

Trump Wants to Bring Back Torture. For Thousands of Americans, It Never Went Away.

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 10, 2017

News & Features

UN Report Compares Solitary Confinement Practices in the U.S. and Around the World

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by Joshua Manson

October 28, 2016

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New Video: UN Torture Expert Juan Mendez on Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

November 15, 2011

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

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by Aylin Manduric

July 24, 2015

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UN Torture Investigator Barred from Visiting American Supermax Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

March 18, 2015

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

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by Lisa Dawson

August 28, 2013

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

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by Aviva Stahl

April 14, 2014

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

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by Marlies Talay

December 9, 2013

News & Features

UN Torture Investigator Calls on Nations to End Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

October 19, 2011

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