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CHILDREN IN LOCKDOWN Yesterday we wrote about a death row prisoner who was revived after an attempted suicide on the eve of his execution. Today, the grim absurdities continue, with the story of a young, mentally ill inmate in Indiana who was placed in disciplinary segregation (solitary confinement) in response to a suicide attempt–and once there, committed suicide. […]

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Teen Kills Himself After Being Put in Solitary for…Trying to Kill Himself

Solitary Confinement Cells Have Become America’s New Asylums

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

Two Clinton-Era Laws That Permit Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Louisiana Sues Its Own Death Row Prisoners

Rastafarians Spend a Decade in Solitary for Refusing Haircuts

Solitary Confinement Is Not Healthy for Elephants (or Humans)

Children Sentenced to Die in Prison

ACLU Gets One Angola Prisoner Released from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Coyote Calling

America’s “Most Isolated Man” Sues the Bureau of Prisons

Inmate Allegedly Placed in Solitary for Refusing to Bribe Guards

California Lawsuit Charges Race-Based Lockdown

Solitary Deaths in Immigrant Detention Centers

The Mark of Cain: God and Man at Angola Prison

Southern Injustice: 37 Years in Solitary

NY Prison System Opens Unit for Mentally Ill

ACLU Says Teen Tortured at Montana Prison