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 The American Friends Service Committee has a long history of advocating for the rights of the incarcerated, and against injustice and abuse in U.S. prisons, jails, and detention centers. Recently, AFSC released a report called Survivors Speak: Prisoner Testimonies of Torture in United States Prisons and Jails. The document was prepared as a Shadow Report to the official U.S. […]

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

News & Features

UPDATED: From One North Carolina Prison, Reports of an Eight-Month Lockdown

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by Lisa Dawson

September 11, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/07/2014]

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by Aviva Stahl

September 7, 2014

News & Features

News from the Hole: The Words of People in Solitary Confinement in America’s Prisons

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by James Ridgeway

September 4, 2014

Voices from Solitary

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

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by Voices from Solitary

September 2, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/31/14]

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by Lisa Dawson

August 31, 2014

News & Features

Pennsylvania Prison System Faces Lawsuit Over Suicide of Young Man with Mental Illness

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by Maclyn Willigan

August 29, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: What Have You Done to My Brother?

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by Voices from Solitary

August 27, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/24/2014]

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by Aviva Stahl

August 25, 2014

News & Features

New York City Officials and Advocates Push for Change to the “Culture of Brutality” on Rikers Island

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by Savannah Crowley

August 20, 2014

News & Features

Civil Rights Groups Demand Change for Transgender Women Held in Solitary in New York’s Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 19, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/17/2014]

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by Aviva Stahl

August 17, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/10/2014]

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by Aviva Stahl

August 10, 2014

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