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The Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania (DRNP) has filed a lawsuit against John Wetzel, the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, charging that the confinement of prisoners in Restricted Housing Units (RHUs) amounts to “cruel and unusual punishment” of those diagnosed as “seriously mentally ill.” The suit seeks an end to long-term segregation of such individuals […]

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Mental Illness

Lawsuit Filed Against Solitary Confinement of 800 “Seriously Mentally Ill” in Pennsylvania

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

A Preventable Death in an Arizona Prison

Montana Legislature Considers Solitary Confinement Reform

Voices from Solitary: Disciplined Into Madness and Death

Utah Supermax Prisoners Report Being “Treated Like an Animal”

New Article in Fortune News: “Suffering in Solitary”

“Sick and in Solitary” on Rikers Island

Suicide in Solitary: The Life and Death of Armando Cruz (Part 2)

Suicide in Solitary: The Life and Death of Armando Cruz (Part 1)

Indiana’s Treatment of Mentally Ill Prisoners in Solitary Confinement Violates Constitution

Brandon Green, Chronicler of Solitary Confinement

Mentally Ill Utah Prisoner Sentenced to 20 Days in Solitary for Not Moving Cup Fast Enough

Mentally Ill Man Dies, Injured and Alone, in a Tulsa Jail Cell

Solitary Confinement in North Carolina

“I Write, Read, Cry, Sleep and Beg for Death”: Life In Utah’s Supermax

“Waiting For The World To Give Us A Reason To Live”: Solitary Confinement in Utah

Federal Government Seeks Dismissal of Supermax Suicide Lawsuit

Pennsylvania Lawmakers Hear Testimony on the Torture of Solitary Confinement

Scientists Discover How Social Isolation Damages Young Brains

“Total Isolation”: Solitary Confinement in Oregon

Solitary Confinement: New York’s Hidden Problem

Texas Hearing Finds Prisoners Released from Solitary Directly to the Streets

Judge Rules Against Colorado Supermax That Keeps Prisoners Indoors for Years

New Report Examines the Hardships of Life After Solitary Confinement

Federal Prisons Chief Sends Memo Urging Prisoners Not to Kill Themselves

Pennsylvania Prisoner Commits Suicide in Isolation Unit

Suicide in Solitary: The Death of Alex Machado

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