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Politics of Punishment

The following roundup features noteworthy news, reports and opinions on solitary confinement from the past week that have not been covered in other Solitary Watch posts. • Alan Prendergast reports in Westword that the Colorado Department of Corrections has directed its wardens to stop sending people with mental illness to solitary confinement. (Look for more […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Politics of Punishment

Seven Days in Solitary [12/15/13]

“This Draconian System of Punishment and Abuse”: An Interview with Ray Luc Levasseur

In States That “Reduce” Their Use of Solitary Confinement, Suffering Continues for Those Left Behind

Prison Segregation and Racial Disparities

One Month After Historic Hunger Strike, California Lawmakers Hold Hearings on Solitary Confinement

Oversight in British Prisons: A Model for the U.S.?

Seven Days in Solitary [10/13/13]

California Prison Hunger Strikers to Be Force-Fed

Suicide of California Hunger Strike Participant Draws National Attention to a Broken System

Faces and Voices of the California Prison Hunger Strike

California Prisoners Launch New Hunger Strike to Protest Solitary Confinement

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

Solitary Watch Print Edition

Voices from Solitary: “Death Row Diary” of Florida Man Scheduled to Die Tonight

Board of Correction Votes Against Limiting Solitary Confinement in New York City Jails

GAO Report Questions Widespread Use of Solitary Confinement in Federal Prisons

Measure to Limit Solitary Confinement Advances in Senate Immigration Bill

New Video: Dr. Terry Kupers on Solitary Confinement and Mental Health

Voices from Solitary: Parts of My Mind Did Not Survive

Thirty Days in Solitary

Solidarity and Solitary: When Unions Clash With Prison Reform

Federal Bureau of Prisons to Undergo Review of Solitary Confinement Practices

State Bar Association Calls on New York to “Profoundly Restrict” Its Use of Solitary Confinement

As California Implements Some Solitary Confinement Reforms, Prisoners Remain Skeptical

Brandon Green, Chronicler of Solitary Confinement

Tamms Supermax: Report Reveals More Guards Than Prisoners, Soaring Costs

Bonnie Kerness: Pioneer in the Struggle Against Solitary Confinement

The 2 Million Swing State Voters Who Won’t Be Voting Today

The Other Death Sentence: Aging and Dying in Prison