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Over the last two weeks, the ACLU has adopted a much more vigorous stance against solitary confinement in U.S. prisons and jails. It has launched a listserv to bring together lawyers, activists, scholars, journalists, and others interested in the subject, and asked the UN Human Rights Council to look into solitary’s torturous effects on prisoners in the United States. […]

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Mental Illness

ACLU Takes a Strong Stand Against Solitary Confinement

Bill to Limit Solitary Confinement Introduced in Colorado Legislature

Case Closed on Supermax Abuses at Pelican Bay

On Bradley Manning, Solitary Confinement, and Selective Outrage

The Brutality of Supermax Confinement

ACLU and Experts Slam Findings of Colorado DOC Report On Solitary Confinement

“Fatal Flaws” in the Colorado Solitary Confinement Study

Controversial Colorado Study Shows Prisoners “Improve” in Solitary Confinement

Fahad Hashmi Joins 1,400 Others in the Solitary Confinement Capital of the World

Criminalizing Mental Illness

Suicide and Solitary Confinement in New York State Prisons

How to Create Madness in Prison

Another Prisoner With Mental Illness Dies in Isolation

Psychiatrists on Solitary Confinement

Life and Death in Pennsylvania’s Solitary Confinement Cells

Colorado State Penitentiary II Opens With 300 New Solitary Confinement Cells

Solitary Confinement Is a “Challenge for Medical Ethics”

“Epidemic” of Suicides in Massachusetts Prisons

Federal Judge: Extended Solitary Confinement Causes “Lasting Psychological Damage and Emotional Harm”

Private Prison Giant GEO Faces Fallout from Texas Prison Riots

Prison Heat: Hunger Strike Highlights Summer’s Deadly Toll on U.S. Inmates

Montana Teen Who Faced Torture in Prison Asks Judge to Keep Him Out of Solitary

Judge Rules Procedures at Tamms Supermax Violate Constitution

Clarence Thomas “Outraged” by Treatment of His Nephew, But Condones the Same for Thousands of Others

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

Louisiana Jail Locks Up Suicidal Prisoners in 3′ x 3′ Cages

Voices from Solitary: Life in a Pennsylvania Prison’s “Restricted Housing Unit”

The End of Mississippi’s Notorious Supermax Unit

Oregon Converts Supermax Unit to Treat Prisoners With Mental Illness