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One of our very first posts, when we started the Solitary Watch blog, concerned a suicidal Montana teenager locked in solitary confinement because he was deemed a discipline problem after he damaged prison property. It’s a story so gut-wrenching that we still often tell it as an example of how isolation becomes torture for many […]

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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

Illinois Governor Proposes Closing Controversial Tamms Supermax Prison

Lawsuit Challenges South Carolina’s Use of Solitary Confinement on Prisoners with Mental Illness

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

“The Gray Box”: Must-Read Article (Plus Video) on Solitary Confinement in America

Solitary Confinement in Great Britain: Still Harsh, But Rare

The Guantánamos Next Door

Solitary Confinement in Virginia’s Prisons

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