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In preparation for Human Rights Day tomorrow, groups opposing solitary confinement have sent letters to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, urging them to grant the request of the UN’s main torture expert for more information on and access to New York’s prisons. Juan Méndez, United Nations Special Rapporteur on […]

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Activists Urge U.S. Government to Grant UN Torture Expert Access to New York’s Prisons

Seven Days in Solitary [12/1/13]

Voices from Solitary: “Finally Out and Among the Living”

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

Voices from Solitary: “A Prison Where the Building Becomes the Shackles”

Seven Days in Solitary [11/24/13]

Federal Bureau of Prisons Details Plans for Limited “Audit” of Solitary Confinement Practices

Voices from Solitary: Life in H-Unit, ADX Federal Supermax

Seven Days in Solitary [11/17/13]

Voices from Solitary: Welcome to the SHU

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

New Report Criticizes Use of Solitary Confinement in New Mexico Prisons and Jails

Reports Condemn Solitary Confinement in New York City’s Jails, As Officials Weigh Its Future

Seven Days in Solitary [11/3/13]

Voices from Solitary: Solitary Confinement’s Invisible Scars

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

Seven Days in Solitary [10/13/13]

Voices from Solitary: “I Live Each Day Contemplating Death”

Seven Days in Solitary [10/6/13]

Federal Appeals Court Considers Tommy Silverstein’s 30 Years in Extreme Solitary Confinement

Inside ADX Supermax: “A Bloody Nightmare”

Seven Days in Solitary [9/8/13]

California Prison Hunger Strike Ends After 60 Days

Day 59 of California Prison Hunger Strike: “Their Spirits Are High, Their Bodies Are Weak”

A Month in Solitary [8/31/13]

UN: Solitary Confinement in the U.S. Can Be Torture, Force-Feeding Unacceptable

Voices from Solitary: Everyone Needs a Friend

Voices from Solitary: The Torture Chamber

Pat Nolan’s Evangelical Prison Reform