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Solitary Confinement

On November 28, the United Nations Committee Against Torture released a 15 page report reviewing the United States’ compliance with the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT). The report cites the excessive use of solitary confinement in U.S. prisons and jails as a violation of CAT, and […]

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Solitary Confinement

UN Committee on Torture Says U.S. Must Reform Its Use of Solitary Confinement

Fates Worse Than Death?

Seven Days in Solitary [11/30/2014]

Working from the Inside Out

Seven Days in Solitary [11/23/2014]

After 42 Years in Solitary Confinement, Will the Angola 3’s Albert Woodfox Be a Free Man?

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

Seven Days in Solitary [11/16/2014]

Voices from Solitary: Is It Normal to Think That?

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

Seven Days in Solitary [11/09/2014]

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

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

Seven Days in Solitary [11/2/2014]

Voices from Solitary: The Heaviness of Blood

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

Seven Days in Solitary [10/26/2014]

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

Voices from Solitary: Survivors Speak

Seven Days in Solitary [10/19/2014]

Voices from Solitary: Freedom Shares My Cell

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

Seven Days in Solitary [10/12/2014]

Voices from Solitary: A Mouse and a Murderer

Seven Days in Solitary [10/5/2014]

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

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

Voices from Solitary: At War With My Own Self

Seven Days in Solitary [9/28/2014]