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When Stephen Slevin was released after 22 months of solitary confinement in a New Mexico county jail, he looked like someone emerging from a medieval dungeon: filthy and emaciated, with long hair and beard, sunken features, and haunted eyes. Slevin had never been convicted of a crime, never even had a hearing. But in 2005, […]

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New Mexico Man Gets $15.5 Million for His Two-Year Ordeal in Solitary

Reports Condemn Healthcare and Solitary Confinement in Arizona State Prisons

In Landmark Settlement, Solitary Confinement to Be Dramatically Reduced in California Prisons

Lawsuit Secures New Limits on Solitary Confinement in New York’s Prisons

Massachusetts Court Rules Against Solitary Confinement Without Due Process

Mentally Ill Man Dies, Injured and Alone, in a Tulsa Jail Cell

At Louisiana’s Angola Prison, Lawsuit Claims, the Sick Face Neglect, Isolation, and Death

Pennsylvania Prison System Faces Lawsuit Over Suicide of Young Man with Mental Illness

Mentally Ill in South Carolina’s Prisons Suffer Decades of Abuse and Neglect

Lawsuit Filed Against Solitary Confinement of 800 “Seriously Mentally Ill” in Pennsylvania

Judge Refuses to Dismiss Federal Supermax Lawsuits

Federal Lawsuit Challenges Brutality in Solitary Confinement Unit at North Carolina Prison

Prisoners with Mental Illness Suffer — and Die — in Arizona’s Solitary Confinement Cells

Lawsuit Charges Solitary Confinement in Arizona’s Prisons Is Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Lawsuit Challenges South Carolina’s Use of Solitary Confinement on Prisoners with Mental Illness