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Oregon corrections officials have agreed to reduce the isolation of people with serious mental illness in the Behavioral Health Unit (BHU) at Oregon State Penitentiary, settling over a year of discussions with Disability Rights Oregon (DRO), the state’s federally designated Protection and Advocacy System. The agreement, signed January 8, has the potential to significantly improve the […]

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Solitary Confinement

Agreement Will Reduce Solitary Confinement of Mentally Ill in Oregon Prisons

Legal Settlement Demands Better Mental Health Care, Less Solitary Confinement in Illinois Prisons

Children Held in Solitary Confinement in Nebraska for “Days, Weeks, Even Months”

With Sons in Solitary, Mothers Fight for Their Freedom—and Their Lives

Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

How the Landmark Settlement Will—and Will Not—Change Solitary Confinement in New York’s Prisons

Will the Supreme Court Free Albert Woodfox After 43 Years in Solitary?

Shakeup in Alaska Prisons Targets “Overuse” of Solitary Confinement

Seven Days in Solitary [11/8/2015]

Maine Prison Rules Would Use Solitary Confinement to Punish Free Expression

Voices from Solitary: Pregnant in Prison, Birth in Shackles

85% of LGBTQ People Behind Bars Report Spending Time in Solitary

“Together to End Solitary” Unites Activists Nationwide

How Britain Does Supermax

Off the Block

Seven Days in Solitary [10/18/2015]

New Feature: Milestones in Solitary Reform

Seven Days in Solitary [10/11/2015]

Voices from Solitary: We Are All Animals

Seven Days in Solitary [10/4/2015]

In Open Letter to President Obama, Groups Push for Solitary Confinement Reforms

Seven Days in Solitary [9/27/2015]

At Louisiana’s Angola Prison, Lawsuit Claims, the Sick Face Neglect, Isolation, and Death

Seven Days in Solitary [9/20/2015]

Lawsuit Charges Delaware Prison System With Neglect and Solitary Confinement of Mentally Ill

Seven Days in Solitary [9/13/2015]

Toxic Traps: Environmental Hazards Threaten Two Federal Supermax Prisons

With New Report, Prison Officials Commit to Reducing Their Use of Solitary Confinement

Seven Days in Solitary [9/06/2015]