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Guest Post by Bret Grote In a story that has received scant attention so far, former death row occupant, political prisoner, and world-renowned journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal filed a legal challenge to the imposition of a sentence of life without parole. Mumia is basing his case, in part, on the idea that his thirty years in solitary confinement […]

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

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

September 16, 2012

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

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

July 26, 2012

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“A Time to Speak Up”: Prisoner Freed After a Decade in Solitary Confinement in Pennsylvania

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by Sal Rodriguez

March 8, 2012

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New Video: Daughter of Russell Maroon Shoats, Held in Solitary Confinement for Nearly 30 Years

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 10, 2012

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Mumia Abu-Jamal Moved Off Death Row–and into Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

January 13, 2012

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New Video: National Religious Campaign Against Torture Takes a Stand on Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

December 28, 2011

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Pennsylvania Prisoners Charged with Rioting After Protesting Conditions in Solitary

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by Sal Rodriguez

October 15, 2011

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Abu Ghraib on the Allegheny: Sexual and Physical Abuse at Pennsylvania Prison

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 28, 2011

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

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 19, 2011

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Report Documents Abuse in Pennsylvania Prison’s Lockdown Unit

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 26, 2011

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Lockdown Fuels “Cycle of Violence” at Federal Prison

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 22, 2010

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Pennsylvania Legislators Hold Hearings on Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 5, 2010

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