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Theresa Shoats is an activist and the daughter of Russell Maroon Shoats, who was a member of the Black Panther Party and a founding member of the Black Unity Council. He is serving multiple life sentences for the 1970 murder of a Philadelphia area police officer. Now 70 years old, Shoats has spent the last […]

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

How Many Prisoners Are in Solitary Confinement in the United States?

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

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

Pennsylvania Prisoners Charged with Rioting After Protesting Conditions in Solitary

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

Voices from Solitary: “Beyond Inhumane”

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

Voices from Solitary: “An Insane Asylum Disguised As an SMU”

Report Documents Abuse in Pennsylvania Prison’s Lockdown Unit

Lockdown Fuels “Cycle of Violence” at Federal Prison

Life and Death in Pennsylvania’s Solitary Confinement Cells

Pennsylvania Legislators Hold Hearings on Solitary Confinement

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

Charles Dickens on Solitary Confinement: “Immense Torture and Agony”