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• The Hartford Courant examined the significant decrease in the use of solitary confinement at the Connecticut’s maximum-security prison, Northern Correctional Institution – from 244 people held in isolation in 2003 to 53 held in isolation in mid-October 2015. Hope Metcalf of Yale Law School said, “From a numbers perspective, Connecticut is doing much better than […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Pennsylvania

Seven Days in Solitary [10/25/2015]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/27/2015]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/13/2015]

Law Aimed at Silencing People Convicted of Crimes Is Declared Unconstitutional

Seven Days in Solitary [1/11/2015]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/07/2014]

On Trial for Protesting Conditions in Solitary Confinement: The Case of the Dallas 6

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

Voices from Solitary: What Have You Done to My Brother?

Seven Days in Solitary [3/2/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/19/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/5/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/15/13]

Suicide in Solitary: A Mother Remembers Her Son

U.S. DOJ Documents Torturous Treatment in Pennsylvania Solitary Confinement Unit

Russell Maroon Shoatz: Resisting the “Spiritual Death” of Solitary Confinement

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

Guarding the Fortresses: How Prison Policies Limit Media Access to Solitary Confinement

Twelve Years in Solitary, and “Still in Illegal Limbo”

Pennsylvania Lawmakers Hear Testimony on the Torture of Solitary Confinement

Mumia Abu-Jamal Challenges Death Row Solitary Confinement and Life Without Parole

Pennsylvania Legislators to Hold Hearing on Solitary Confinement

Pennsylvania Prisoner Commits Suicide in Isolation Unit

Voices from Solitary: Surviving the “Prison Within a Prison”

New Video: “Solitary Confinement: The Season of Sorrow”

Death in Pennsylvania Solitary Confinement Cell Raises Questions

Voices from Solitary: High Tech Brutality

Solitary Confinement Leads to Suffering and Suicide in Pennsylvania’s Prisons

Voices from Solitary: “Thoughts of Freedom Running Wild in My Head”