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Men incarcerated at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, commonly known as Angola, are suing prison officials and the Louisiana Department of Corrections for failing to provide adequate healthcare to the more than 6,000 people currently held there. In a scathing, 63-page complaint, lawyers representing Angola’s prison population allege that men are routinely denied appropriate medical care, resulting in “unnecessary pain and […]

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Older Prisoners

At Louisiana’s Angola Prison, Lawsuit Claims, the Sick Face Neglect, Isolation, and Death

American Outcasts: U.S. Prisons and Modern Day Banishment

After 42 Years in Solitary Confinement, Will the Angola 3’s Albert Woodfox Be a Free Man?

Ninety Years Old, Deaf, and in the Hole in a Florida Prison

Seven Days in Solitary [4/20/14]

Voices from Solitary: A Day in the Life, Part IV

New York Lawmakers Introduce Bill to End Long-Term Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary: Thin Comfort

After 41 Years in Solitary, a Dying Herman Wallace Has His Conviction Overturned—-and Is Freed

Federal Appeals Court Considers Tommy Silverstein’s 30 Years in Extreme Solitary Confinement

Members of Congress Call for Investigation of Louisiana’s Use of Solitary Confinement, Treatment of Angola 3

Angola 3’s Herman Wallace, Gravely Ill, Still Held in Isolation

Voices from Solitary: Growing Old in Isolation

Louisiana Attorney General Says Angola 3 “Have Never Been Held in Solitary Confinement”

Mentally Ill Utah Prisoner Sentenced to 20 Days in Solitary for Not Moving Cup Fast Enough

“I Write, Read, Cry, Sleep and Beg for Death”: Life In Utah’s Supermax

The Other Death Sentence: Aging and Dying in Prison

Voices from Solitary: A Lose-Lose Situation

Torturous Milestone: 40 Years in Solitary for the Angola 3

New Film Explores “the Injustice of Solitary Confinement and the Transformative Power of Art”

40 Years in Solitary: New BBC Program on the Angola 3 Case

83-Year-Old Activist Priest Held in Solitary Confinement in Federal Prison

Federal Judge Rules 28 Years in Solitary Confinement Not “Extreme,” Dismisses Silverstein Case

“God’s Own Warden”: Inside Angola Prison

Native American Activist Leonard Peltier “in the Hellhole” of Solitary Confinement

Amnesty International Calls for Angola 3’s Release from 40 Years of Solitary Confinement

Angola 3 Mark 39 Years in Solitary Confinement

Cruel and Usual: U.S. Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary: Letters from the Hole