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Psychological Effects

In prisons throughout the country, perceived gang membership is one of the leading reasons for placement in solitary confinement. In California alone, hundreds of prisoners are in Security Housing Units (SHUs) because they have been “validated” as gang members. The validation procedure used by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) employs such criteria as tattoos, reading materials, […]

Voices from Solitary

Psychological Effects

Voices from Solitary: Gang “Validation” and Permanent Isolation in California Prisons

“Epidemic” of Suicides in Massachusetts Prisons

Pennsylvania Legislators Hold Hearings on Solitary Confinement

Federal Judge: Extended Solitary Confinement Causes “Lasting Psychological Damage and Emotional Harm”

Private Prison Giant GEO Faces Fallout from Texas Prison Riots

Voices from Solitary: Supermaxed Out in Colorado

Montana Teen Who Faced Torture in Prison Asks Judge to Keep Him Out of Solitary

A Supermax Prisoner’s Film from Hell

Clarence Thomas “Outraged” by Treatment of His Nephew, But Condones the Same for Thousands of Others

Voices from the “Torture Chambers”: Solitary Confinement and Political Repression

Louisiana Jail Locks Up Suicidal Prisoners in 3′ x 3′ Cages

U.S. Supermax Prisons Are Challenged in the European Court of Human Rights–and Lose the First Round

Alaska Teen Spends 17-Months in Pre-Trial Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary: “What Prisoners Have…”

Voices from Solitary: Life in a Pennsylvania Prison’s “Restricted Housing Unit”

Voices from Solitary: Oscar Wilde’s Cry from the Depths

Voices from Solitary: Ray Luc Levasseur on Life in ADX

“Extradition to a Future of Total Isolation” Opposed by British Human Rights Lawyer

The End of Mississippi’s Notorious Supermax Unit

Oregon Converts Supermax Unit to Treat Prisoners With Mental Illness

Lessons from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Kenneth E. Hartman on “The Other Death Penalty”

Supreme Court Decision Limits Juvenile Life Without Parole (Within Limits)

Voices from Solitary: New Memoir by Wilbert Rideau

Live from Death Row: 3,600 Americans Waiting Alone to Die

Atul Gawande on Solitary Confinement: Our Generation of Americans “Has Countenanced Legalized Torture”

Cash-Strapped Colorado Comes Up With Funds for New Supermax

The Machinery of Death: Some Death Row Prisoners Can Still Opt for Firing Squad (or Electric Chair, Gas Chamber, or Noose)

Maine Legislature Votes to Study Solitary Confinement Practices–But Not to Change Them