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Politics of Punishment

As we have written before, the three-week-long hunger strike in the Security Housing Unit at Pelican Bay–which was joined by inmates at a dozen other California prisons–may have wrung few tangible concessions from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. But it achieved something less measurable, but in some senses far more important: For a […]

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New York Times Heeds a Cry from the Depths of Pelican Bay Prison

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 2, 2011

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“God’s Own Warden”: Inside Angola Prison

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by James Ridgeway

July 28, 2011

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Maine Reduces Use of Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

July 25, 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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Starving in Solitary: California Prison Hunger Strikers’ Health Declines, But State Will Not Negotiate

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 14, 2011

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Confronting Torture in U.S. Prisons: A Q&A With Solitary Watch

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

June 17, 2011

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Doctors Prescribe Cure for “Epidemic of Mass Incarceration”

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 9, 2011

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From BOP to CCA: Federal Prison Director Defects to Private Prison Company

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

June 7, 2011

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Amnesty International Calls for Angola 3’s Release from 40 Years of Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

June 7, 2011

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Maine Cuts Supermax Population, Reforms Solitary Confinement Practices

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

June 2, 2011

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Supreme Court Takes the “Radical” Stance That Prisoners Are Human Beings

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 31, 2011

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Groups Urge Holder to Clean House at the Bureau of Prisons

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

May 19, 2011

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Colorado Lawmakers Present Weakened Version of Solitary Confinement Bill

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 28, 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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No Budget Cuts for Federal Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 13, 2011

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Solitary Confinement Comes to Capitol Hill

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by Daniel Goldman

April 11, 2011

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Congressional Briefing on Solitary Confinement to Take Place This Week

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

April 4, 2011

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Isolation Units Within U.S. Prisons: CCR Panel Discussion in San Francisco

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

April 1, 2011

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Supreme Court Rules Against Exonerated Death Row Inmate, for Prosecutors Who Withheld Evidence

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

March 30, 2011

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Prison Rape, the PREA, and the PLRA

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

March 7, 2011

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Fortresses of Solitude (Part 2)

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

March 1, 2011

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“Smart on Crime” Coalition Declares “Isolated Confinement Is Overused and Harmful”

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 10, 2011

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Prison Myth No. 1: “Prisoners Want to Go Into Solitary Confinement”

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

February 6, 2011

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Inside the American Supermax

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

January 19, 2011

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The Brutality of Supermax Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 17, 2010

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ACLU and Experts Slam Findings of Colorado DOC Report On Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella

December 4, 2010

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The Solitary Men of Texas Death Row

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

November 28, 2010

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Our Homegrown American Gitmos

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

November 5, 2010

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Children Routinely Held in Pre-Trial Solitary Confinement in Texas

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

October 22, 2010

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