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Last Wednesday and Thursday, United States government officials met with representatives at the United Nations to discuss the country’s compliance with the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT). Every country that is a signatory to the CAT is required to submit a “Periodic Report” to the […]

News & Features

UN Committee on Torture Questions U.S. Record on Solitary Confinement

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by Aviva Stahl

November 18, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/16/2014]

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by Aviva Stahl

November 16, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Is It Normal to Think That?

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by Voices from Solitary

November 15, 2014

News & Features

On Trial for Protesting Conditions in Solitary Confinement: The Case of the Dallas 6

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by Victoria Law

November 10, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/09/2014]

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by Aviva Stahl

November 9, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Is “Torture” Too Strong of a Word?

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by Voices from Solitary

November 7, 2014

News & Features

“A Girl Hung Herself Yesterday”: Deaths in Custody at California Institution for Women

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by Victoria Law

November 5, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/2/2014]

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by Aviva Stahl

November 2, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: The Heaviness of Blood

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by Voices from Solitary

October 31, 2014

News & Features

Settlement to Improve Arizona’s Prison Health Care, Limit Use of Solitary Confinement

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by Lisa Dawson

October 29, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/26/2014]

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by Aviva Stahl

October 26, 2014

News & Features

Pope Francis Denounces Solitary Confinement, Calls for Prison Conditions That “Respect Human Dignity”

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by Jean Casella

October 26, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Survivors Speak

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by Voices from Solitary

October 21, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/19/2014]

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by Aviva Stahl

October 19, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Freedom Shares My Cell

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by Voices from Solitary

October 16, 2014

News & Features

U.S. Government Tells UN: “No Systematic Use of Solitary Confinement in the United States”

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by Jean Casella

October 14, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/12/2014]

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by Aviva Stahl

October 12, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: A Mouse and a Murderer

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by Voices from Solitary

October 7, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/5/2014]

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by Aviva Stahl

October 5, 2014

News & Features

In the Story of Jonah, an Urgent Lesson About the Dangers of Solitary Confinement

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

October 3, 2014

News & Features

On Rikers Island, an End to the Solitary Confinement of Children

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by Emily Sims

October 1, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: At War With My Own Self

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by Voices from Solitary

September 30, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/28/2014]

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by Aviva Stahl

September 28, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: A Day in the Life, Part VII

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by Voices from Solitary

September 26, 2014

News & Features

Reports Condemn Healthcare and Solitary Confinement in Arizona State Prisons

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by Lisa Dawson

September 22, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/21/2014]

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by Aviva Stahl

September 21, 2014

News & Features

American Experts Urge British Not to Believe What They Hear About US Prison Conditions

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by Aviva Stahl

September 16, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/14/2014]

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by Aviva Stahl

September 14, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Dare to Think

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by Voices from Solitary

September 13, 2014

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