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On Monday, June 18th, a class action lawsuit, Bacote v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, was filed against the Federal Bureau of Prisons on behalf of five plaintiffs, all of them inmates at the U.S. Penitentiary Administrative Maximum–commonly known as ADX–in Florence,  Colorado. A must-read three-part series of articles by Andrew Cohen, published this week by The Atlantic, covers […]

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Lawsuit Challenges Conditions at ADX Federal Supermax

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by Shae Cali

June 25, 2012

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Demonstrators Protest Solitary Confinement and Brutality in New York City’s Jails

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by Shae Cali

July 10, 2012

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“New York’s Black Sites”: New Article About Solitary Confinement in State Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 12, 2012

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Shutting Down a Supermax: An Interview With Alan Mills of the Uptown People’s Law Center

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by Julian Burns

July 16, 2012

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Federal Prisons Chief Sends Memo Urging Prisoners Not to Kill Themselves

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 4, 2012

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Political or Gang Activity? “New Afrikan” Prisoners in Solitary Confinement

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by Sal Rodriguez

August 7, 2012

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California Justice: Three Strikes and Sixteen Years in Solitary

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 7, 2012

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Tamms Supermax Prison Closure Temporarily Halted

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by Sal Rodriguez

September 10, 2012

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Federal Government Seeks Dismissal of Supermax Suicide Lawsuit

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 25, 2012

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NYCLU Files Suit Challenging Solitary Confinement in New York State Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 6, 2012

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

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by Beth Broyles

March 17, 2013

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New York City Officials and Advocates Push for Change to the “Culture of Brutality” on Rikers Island

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by Savannah Crowley

August 20, 2014

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Reports Condemn Healthcare and Solitary Confinement in Arizona State Prisons

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by Lisa Dawson

September 22, 2014

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Federal Judge Orders Angola 3’s Albert Woodfox Released After 43 Years in Solitary

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 8, 2015

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Will Lawsuits and Exposés Lead to Reform of Florida’s Brutal Prisons?

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by Laura Cepero

June 18, 2015

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Southern Injustice: 37 Years in Solitary

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by James Ridgeway

January 5, 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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Rastafarians Spend a Decade in Solitary for Refusing Haircuts

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 11, 2010

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Solitary Confinement Is Not Healthy for Elephants (or Humans)

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by Jean Casella

February 3, 2010

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Inmate Allegedly Placed in Solitary for Refusing to Bribe Guards

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

January 22, 2010

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California Lawsuit Charges Race-Based Lockdown

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

January 20, 2010

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Solitary Deaths in Immigrant Detention Centers

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

January 15, 2010

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NY Prison System Opens Unit for Mentally Ill

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

December 30, 2009

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ACLU Says Teen Tortured at Montana Prison

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

December 30, 2009

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The End of Tamms Supermax

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

January 9, 2013

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Thirty Days in Solitary

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

March 30, 2013

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Advisers to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission Hold Briefing on Juvenile Solitary Confinement in New York

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by Victoria Law

July 14, 2014

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Settlement to Improve Arizona’s Prison Health Care, Limit Use of Solitary Confinement

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by Lisa Dawson

October 29, 2014

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Supreme Court Justice Kennedy: “Solitary Confinement Literally Drives Men Mad”

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by Jean Casella

March 25, 2015

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