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Thomas Silverstein, plaintiff in a potentially groundbreaking case challenging his more than 28 years of extreme solitary confinement under a “no human contact” order, has had his case dismissed by a Federal District Court judge in Denver. Silverstein’s student attorney’s at the University of Denver law school had argued that their client’s decades of utter isolation in […]

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Federal Judge Rules 28 Years in Solitary Confinement Not “Extreme,” Dismisses Silverstein Case

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

October 6, 2011

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New Video: ACLU Launches “Stop Solitary” Campaign

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

September 30, 2011

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Abu Ghraib, California: Report Shows Brutal Abuse of Prisoners in LA County Jails

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 29, 2011

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Abu Ghraib on the Allegheny: Sexual and Physical Abuse at Pennsylvania Prison

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 28, 2011

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New Fact Sheet on Solitary Confinement and the Law

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

September 19, 2011

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NYC Bar Association Issues Report on “The Brutality of Supermax Confinement”

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 19, 2011

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“Pawns in a Failed Experiment”: Testimony of Dr. Craig Haney on Solitary Confinement

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by Sal Rodriguez

September 1, 2011

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Who Are the Hunger Strikers? How Prisoners Land in Pelican Bay’s SHU

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 18, 2011

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Solitary Watch Fact Sheet: Psychological Effects of Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 4, 2011

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Solitary Confinement Widely Used in California’s Juvenile Jails

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 16, 2011

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Supreme Court Takes the “Radical” Stance That Prisoners Are Human Beings

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 31, 2011

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Prisoner with Mental Illness Locked in Solitary Filth in Private Jail

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 21, 2011

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Supreme Court Rules Against Exonerated Death Row Inmate, for Prosecutors Who Withheld Evidence

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

March 30, 2011

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Isolation Units Within U.S. Prisons: CCR Panel Discussion in San Francisco

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

April 1, 2011

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Prisoner Grievances: “The System for Going Up Against the System”

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

March 24, 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

Death Row Inmates Sue the FDA Over Execution Drugs

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 9, 2011

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Massachusetts Prison Whistleblower Is Punished and Silenced

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 15, 2011

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New Resources on Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

January 12, 2011

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Prisoner Sent to Solitary for Reporting Rape Takes Her Case to the Supreme Court

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

November 2, 2010

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“Epidemic” of Suicides in Massachusetts Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 6, 2010

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ACLU Gets One Angola Prisoner Released from Solitary

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

January 26, 2010

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

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by Jean Casella

March 10, 2010

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Alaska Teen Spends 17-Months in Pre-Trial Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 8, 2010

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Montana Teen Who Faced Torture in Prison Asks Judge to Keep Him Out of Solitary

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

July 22, 2010

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Psychiatrists on Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 16, 2010

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Another Prisoner With Mental Illness Dies in Isolation

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 21, 2010

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John Thompson Takes a Louisiana Injustice from Death Row to the Supreme Court

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

October 5, 2010

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Judge Rules Procedures at Tamms Supermax Violate Constitution

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 21, 2010

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