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In March, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio appointed reformer Joseph Ponte as the Commissioner of the Department of Correction. In his last post, overseeing Maine’s Department of Corrections, Ponte gained particular renown for reducing the use of solitary confinement by over 60 percent. In fact, the changes he helped bring about in Maine […]

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Politics of Punishment

City’s New Corrections Chief, Known for Solitary Confinement Reforms, Faces Steep Challenges on Rikers

In a Maryland Jail, Teens Charged As Adults Face Isolation and Neglect

New Federal Supermax Prison Will Double Capacity for Extreme Solitary Confinement

Way Down in the Hole: Senate Hearing Challenges Solitary Confinement for Some, But Not All

Prison Watchdog Says Solitary Confinement in Canada Is “Out of Control”

What Will the Midterms Mean for Solitary Confinement Reform?

40 Years in Solitary: New BBC Program on the Angola 3 Case

Connecticut Votes to Replace the Death Penalty with Life in Solitary Confinement

Torturous Milestone: 40 Years in Solitary for the Angola 3

Prisoners in Solitary Confinement in California Respond to Prison Policy Reforms

Controversy Over Kids in Solitary Confinement in Texas

First Congressional Hearing on Solitary Confinement to Be Held June 19

Report from Senate Hearing on Solitary Confinement

Congress Unlocks America’s Hidden Shame of Solitary Confinement

Guantanamo “Is Not an Aberration”: How the War on Terror Came Home

“New York’s Black Sites”: New Article About Solitary Confinement in State Prisons

Shutting Down a Supermax: An Interview With Alan Mills of the Uptown People’s Law Center

AFSC Releases “Survivors Manual” By and For Prisoners in Solitary Confinement

Federal Prisons Chief Sends Memo Urging Prisoners Not to Kill Themselves

Pennsylvania Legislators to Hold Hearing on Solitary Confinement

The Other Death Sentence: Aging and Dying in Prison

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

Bonnie Kerness: Pioneer in the Struggle Against Solitary Confinement

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

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

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

After 42 Years in Solitary Confinement, Will the Angola 3’s Albert Woodfox Be a Free Man?

Obama, in Criminal Justice Speech, Denounces the “Overuse of Solitary Confinement” in U.S. Prisons

No Obama Budget Freeze for Prisons