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Our latest fact sheet lays out the legal context in which the practice of solitary confinement has been carried out in U.S. prisons and jails. It discusses how the Constitution has historically been interpreted to limit–or allow–solitary confinement, and includes a section on international law. FACT SHEET — Solitary Confinement and the Law The fact sheet […]

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New Fact Sheet on Solitary Confinement and the Law

Voices from Solitary: “Beyond Inhumane”

“I Never Will Abandon This Hope”: Testimony of a Pelican Bay Hunger Striker on Solitary Confinement

“A Form of Torture”: Testimony of Laura Magnani on Solitary Confinement

Voices From Solitary: Pelican Bay Hunger Strike Was “the Only Way to Get the Word Out” About Prison Abuses

“The Destruction of the Human Spirit”: Testimony of Rev. William McGarvey on Solitary Confinement

Illinois Prisoner Says Years of Solitary Confinement Caused Mental Illness, Self-Mutilation

“Pawns in a Failed Experiment”: Testimony of Dr. Craig Haney on Solitary Confinement

“Toxic Conditions”: Testimony of Dr. Terry Kupers on Solitary Confinement

Historic California Assembly Hearing on Solitary Confinement

Washington Post Takes a Stand Against the “Invisible Brutality That Is Solitary Confinement”

Voices from Solitary: Welcome to Supermax

“Give Us in Here the Strength to See This Thing Through”: A Chronicle of the Pelican Bay Hunger Strike

New from Solitary Watch: Original Videos on Solitary Confinement

Supermax Prisons: “21st Century Asylums”

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

“God’s Own Warden”: Inside Angola Prison

A Hunger for Justice in Pelican Bay

Maine Reduces Use of Solitary Confinement

As Prisoners End Hunger Strike at Pelican Bay, Their Cause Continues

Native American Activist Leonard Peltier “in the Hellhole” of Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary: Letter from a Pelican Bay Hunger Striker

Hunger Strike in the Supermax: Pelican Bay Prisoners Protest Conditions in Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary: On Solitary Confinement and Finding Humanity

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

Solitary Confinement Widely Used in California’s Juvenile Jails

Voices from Solitary: The Meaning of “Life”

Doctors Prescribe Cure for “Epidemic of Mass Incarceration”

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