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An article about solitary confinement appears in the current issue of Psychiatric News, a publication of the American Psychiatric Association, “Psychiatrists Decry Punishment That Isolates Prisoners.” It’s encouraging to see this issue at least being discussed in a forum for the leading professional organization of American psychiatrists–which has never undertaken an official review of mental health professionals’ possible role in torture in […]

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Psychiatrists on Solitary Confinement

Life and Death in Pennsylvania’s Solitary Confinement Cells

Voices from Solitary: Katfish on Life in “The Bucket”

Voices from Solitary: Ara Oshagan Photographs California Juvies

Voices from Solitary: Walla Walla IMU

“I Spent 29 Years in Solitary Confinement”

Solitary Confinement Is a “Challenge for Medical Ethics”

Voices from Solitary: Life on Level 3, Texas Death Row

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