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Psychological Effects

A reader recently called our attention to an long piece in the London Review of Books by Gareth Peirce, a British solicitor known for taking on high-profile–and often controversial–human rights cases. In the 1993 film In the Name of the Father, Peirce, played by Emma Thompson, is shown defending a group of Irish men wrongly […]

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

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 14, 2010

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

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

April 13, 2010

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Cash-Strapped Colorado Comes Up With Funds for New Supermax

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 11, 2010

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

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

April 7, 2010

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Solitary Confinement: Coming Live to a Computer Near You

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 2, 2010

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The Lost Boys of Westchester County’s SHU

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

March 26, 2010

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Federal Lawsuit Challenges 27 Years of Supermax Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

March 26, 2010

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Ask Shamu: The U.S. Tortures Both Human and Animal Prisoners

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

March 16, 2010

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Cruel Punishment Is Not Unusual for Clarence Thomas

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

March 12, 2010

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Dead Man Killing Himself

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by Jean Casella

March 9, 2010

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Johnny Cash: Solitary Man

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 27, 2010

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Maine’s Solitary Confinement Bill: Another Test of Our Tolerance for Torture

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

March 5, 2010

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Amy Goodman and Atul Gawande on Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway

January 5, 2010

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A Louisiana Inmate’s Death Wish

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by Jean Casella

January 6, 2010

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