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Mental Illness

Last month, the Community Legal Aid Society Inc. (CLASI), along with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), filed a lawsuit against the head of the Delaware Department of Correction (DOC) over the department’s treatment of incarcerated people suffering from mental illness. CLASI argues that the DOC’s current practices violate the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. […]

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Mental Illness

Lawsuit Charges Delaware Prison System With Neglect and Solitary Confinement of Mentally Ill

On Rikers Island, an End to the Solitary Confinement of Children

Life and Death in Pennsylvania’s Solitary Confinement Cells

American Experts Urge British Not to Believe What They Hear About US Prison Conditions

Pennsylvania Prison System Faces Lawsuit Over Suicide of Young Man with Mental Illness

Shackled in Solitary: Prisoners with Mental Illness in Michigan’s Prisons

“Disappearing” the Disadvantaged Into Prison, and Into Solitary Confinement

New ACLU Report Examines Devastating Impact of Solitary Confinement on Women

Videos Show Abuse of Mentally Ill in California Prisons

Private Prison Giant CCA Weighs in on Solitary Confinement

As New York City Jails Amend Their Solitary Confinement Practices, Abuses on Rikers Island Continue

Mentally Ill in South Carolina’s Prisons Suffer Decades of Abuse and Neglect

New Report Criticizes Use of Solitary Confinement in New Mexico Prisons and Jails

Records Show Excessive Use of Force at Colorado Supermax

In States That “Reduce” Their Use of Solitary Confinement, Suffering Continues for Those Left Behind

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

Judge Refuses to Dismiss Federal Supermax Lawsuits

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

Reports Condemn Solitary Confinement in New York City’s Jails, As Officials Weigh Its Future

Fourteen Days in Solitary [7/7/13]

Suicide in Solitary: A Mother Remembers Her Son

“Fatal Flaws” in the Colorado Solitary Confinement Study

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

How to Create Madness in Prison

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

Cruel and Usual: U.S. Solitary Confinement

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