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A bill to significantly limit the use solitary confinement in New York state prison and local jails gained momentum last week, after nine Assembly members and two state senators agreed to support the legislation. The new sponsorships, secured after a day of lobbying that brought more than 120 activists to Albany from around the state, […]

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Legislation Limiting Solitary Confinement in New York Gains Momentum

Kalief Browder’s Life and Death Galvanize Action to End Solitary Confinement

Florida Bill Would Limit Use of Solitary Confinement on Children

Measure to Limit Solitary Confinement Advances in Senate Immigration Bill

Board of Correction Votes Against Limiting Solitary Confinement in New York City Jails

One Month After Historic Hunger Strike, California Lawmakers Hold Hearings on Solitary Confinement

Fourteen Days in Solitary [7/7/13]

The Prisoner’s Catch-22

Voices from the “Torture Chambers”: Solitary Confinement and Political Repression

Prison Rape, the PREA, and the PLRA

Cruel and Usual: U.S. Solitary Confinement

Solitary Confinement Comes to Capitol Hill

Solitary Confinement in Virginia’s Prisons

California Bill Would Increase Media Access to Prisoners

New York State Lawmakers Hold Hearings on Solitary Confinement Reforms, Spike in Prison Suicide Rate

New Video: ACLU Launches “Stop Solitary” Campaign

New Fact Sheet on Solitary Confinement and the Law

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

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

“A Form of Torture”: Testimony of Laura Magnani on Solitary Confinement

Maine Reduces Use of Solitary Confinement

Maine Cuts Supermax Population, Reforms Solitary Confinement Practices

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

Colorado Lawmakers Present Weakened Version of Solitary Confinement Bill

No Budget Cuts for Federal Prisons

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

Bill to Limit Solitary Confinement Introduced in Colorado Legislature

ACLU Takes a Strong Stand Against Solitary Confinement

“Smart on Crime” Coalition Declares “Isolated Confinement Is Overused and Harmful”