Settlement to Improve Arizona's Prison Health Care, Limit Use of Solitary Confinement

October 29, 2014October 19, 2015 Lisa Dawson

The Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) has agreed to a settlement in a class-action lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Prison Law Office and their co-counsel on behalf of more than 33,000 people held in state prisons. Filed in 2012, the landmark case was scheduled to go to trial earlier this […]

Records Show Excessive Use of Force at Colorado Supermax

June 15, 2013November 26, 2013 Lisa Dawson

Records kept by the Colorado Department of Corrections show 61 instances from March 1, 2012 to March 1 of this year of corrections officers using force on men held at the Colorado State Penitentiary (CSP), where prisoners are held in administrative segregation on lockdown for 23 hours a day. The “use of force” log, obtained by Denver’s Westword, […]

Solitary Watch

By Jean Casella | February 17, 2021

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Settlement to Improve Arizona's Prison Health Care, Limit Use of Solitary Confinement

Records Show Excessive Use of Force at Colorado Supermax