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The Human Rights Coalition in Pennsylvania has reported on the July 16th suicide of Brandon Palakovic, 23, at State Correctional Institution in Cresson (SCI-Cresson). HRC notes that the “facility that is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice for warehousing mentally ill prisoners in the hole and depriving them of mental health treatment.” Out of a […]

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Mental Illness

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

Demonstrators Protest Solitary Confinement and Brutality in New York City’s Jails

Voices from Solitary: “No Human Being Should Be Treated This Way”

Voices from Solitary: High Tech Brutality

Lawsuit Challenges Conditions at ADX Federal Supermax

Voices from Solitary: “I Lost the Will to Live”

Congress Unlocks America’s Hidden Shame of Solitary Confinement

Report from Senate Hearing on Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary: From the Vortex of Uinta One

Voices from Solitary: Exiled In Purgatory

Former Rikers Island Chaplain Speaks Out Against Growth of Solitary Confinement

Suicides in Solitary Confinement in Arizona’s Prisons

Virginia Prisoners in Solitary Confinement Launch Hunger Strike

Montana Prisoners with Mental Illness Suffer in Solitary Confinement

Criminalizing Mental Illness: The Story of Adam Hall

Mothers with Sons in Solitary Tell Their Stories

Federal Judge Criticizes Supermax Confinement in Colorado

Solitary Confinement on Trial in Colorado

Solitary Confinement Leads to Suffering and Suicide in Pennsylvania’s Prisons

Montana Settlement Limits Solitary Confinement for Juveniles, Prisoners with Mental Illness

“Complete Lawlessness” at Orleans Parish Prison

“Cruel Isolation”: Amnesty International Report Blasts Conditions in Arizona’s Prisons

More Suicides in Solitary Plague Massachusetts Prisons

Leading Mental Health Experts Urge Illinois Legislators to Close Tamms Supermax

Prisoners with Mental Illness Suffer — and Die — in Arizona’s Solitary Confinement Cells

Lawsuit Charges Solitary Confinement in Arizona’s Prisons Is Cruel and Unusual Punishment

UN Human Rights Council Considers Solitary Confinement in U.S. Prisons