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Last month, the Community Legal Aid Society Inc. (CLASI), along with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), filed a lawsuit against the head of the Delaware Department of Correction (DOC) over the department’s treatment of incarcerated people suffering from mental illness. CLASI argues that the DOC’s current practices violate the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. […]

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Solitary Confinement

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]

California Prison Hunger Strikes Sparked Solitary Reforms, Internal Documents Show

In Landmark Settlement, Solitary Confinement to Be Dramatically Reduced in California Prisons

Seven Days in Solitary [8/30/2015]

Report Blasts Conditions at District of Columbia Jail

Seven Days in Solitary [8/23/2015]

Chelsea Manning Faces Solitary Confinement for Reading Materials, Other Minor Infractions

Seven Days in Solitary [8/16/2015]

Prison Watchdog Says Solitary Confinement in Canada Is “Out of Control”

Seven Days in Solitary [8/9/2015]

Can International Laws and Standards Help Curb Solitary Confinement in the United States?

Voices from Solitary: A Second-by-Second Attack on Your Soul

Seven Days in Solitary [8/2/2015]

British Supreme Court Rules Against Unlawful Use of Prolonged Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary: Segregation Medical

Seven Days in Solitary [7/26/2015]

UN Human Rights Experts (Again) Push for Access to U.S. Prisons, Call for Solitary Reform

Voices from Solitary: Injury x Insult

Seven Days in Solitary [7/19/2015]

UN’s “Mandela Rules” to Set New International Limits on Solitary Confinement

Obama, in Criminal Justice Speech, Denounces the “Overuse of Solitary Confinement” in U.S. Prisons

Voices from Solitary: Fly in the Ointment

Seven Days in Solitary [7/12/2015]

Kafka and the Debate Over Solitary Confinement

Irish Court Blocks Suspect’s Extradition to U.S., Citing Risk of Solitary Confinement