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An article about solitary confinement appears in the current issue of Psychiatric News, a publication of the American Psychiatric Association, “Psychiatrists Decry Punishment That Isolates Prisoners.” It’s encouraging to see this issue at least being discussed in a forum for the leading professional organization of American psychiatrists–which has never undertaken an official review of mental health professionals’ possible role in torture in […]

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Psychiatrists on Solitary Confinement

Pennsylvania Legislators Hold Hearings on Solitary Confinement

The Puppy Protection Act and the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act

LGBT Kids in Prison Face Rape, Beatings, and Isolation

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

The Prisoner’s Catch-22

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

Two for One: Guantanamo Won’t Close, But Illinois Supermax Will Open

Two Clinton Era Laws That Allow Cruel and Unusual Punishment (Redux)

What the War on Terror Owes to the War on Crime (Redux)

Court Rules Against Angola 3’s Albert Woodfox: No End in Sight to 38 Years in Solitary Confinement

Abuse and Cover-Up in California Prisons’ “Behavior Management Units”

Woman Prisoner Sent to Solitary for Reporting Rape by Guard

Cash-Strapped Colorado Comes Up With Funds for New Supermax

Obama’s Plan Is the “Wrong Way to Close Guantanamo,” Groups Warn

Maine Legislature Votes to Study Solitary Confinement Practices–But Not to Change Them