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Originally formed, in the wake of the Abu Ghraib scandal, to address U.S. torture abroad, the National Religious Campaign Against Torture is now one of the leading groups dedicated to ending torture in U.S. prisons, with a specific focus on the widespread use and abuse of solitary confinement. Since its founding in 2006, according to the group, […]

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Mental Illness

New Video: National Religious Campaign Against Torture Takes a Stand on Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary: Christmas in the Hole, 1968

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

Solitary Confinement on Rikers Island: An Interview with the Prisoners Rights Project

City to Sharply Increase Solitary Confinement on Rikers Island

New Study: Solitary Confinement Overused in Colorado

Reducing Solitary Confinement in Maine

New Fact Sheet on Solitary Confinement and the Law

“The Destruction of the Human Spirit”: Testimony of Rev. William McGarvey on Solitary Confinement

Illinois Prisoner Says Years of Solitary Confinement Caused Mental Illness, Self-Mutilation

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

“Toxic Conditions”: Testimony of Dr. Terry Kupers on Solitary Confinement

Texas Lockdown: Solitary Confinement in the Lone Star State

Confronting Torture in U.S. Prisons: A Q&A With Solitary Watch

Doctors Prescribe Cure for “Epidemic of Mass Incarceration”

Upcoming Forum in New York on Solitary Confinement in State Prisons

Mentally Ill Inmate Starves to Death in Utah Jail

Solitary Watch Fact Sheet: Psychological Effects of Solitary Confinement

Maine Cuts Supermax Population, Reforms Solitary Confinement Practices

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

Voices from Solitary: “An Insane Asylum Disguised As an SMU”

Voices from Solitary: A Mother’s Story

Voices from Solitary: Colorado Department of Corrections in Need of Correction

Colorado Lawmakers Present Weakened Version of Solitary Confinement Bill

Prisoner with Mental Illness Locked in Solitary Filth in Private Jail

Voices from Solitary: “Destroyed Souls”

Tolerating Torture

Cruel and Usual: U.S. Solitary Confinement

Fortresses of Solitude (Part 2)