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United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture Juan Méndez has concluded that the state of New York violated the rights of three incarcerated men “to be free from torture” by locking them up them in long-term solitary confinement. The findings, which were submitted to the UN Human Rights Council last month, were published alongside similar “observations” […]

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Solitary Confinement

UN Investigator Says Long-Term Solitary Confinement in New York State Prisons Is Torture

Seven Days in Solitary [4/13/14]

Voices from Solitary: “Mind Blowing Because I’m a Kid”

Seven Days in Solitary [4/7/14]

Voices from Solitary: Unnatural Disaster

Immigrant Hunger Strikers Placed in Solitary Confinement at Federal Detention Center

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

Seven Days in Solitary [3/30/14]

Severely Disabled Man Sues New York State Prisons for Neglect, Abuse

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

Seven Days in Solitary [3/23/14]

Voices from Solitary: TV Death Row

Torture on Death Row: Court Rules Against Automatic Use of Solitary Confinement for the Condemned

Seven Days in Solitary [3/16/14]

Funding Approved for Activation of ADX/USP Thomson, New Federal Supermax Prison

Private Prison Giant CCA Weighs in on Solitary Confinement

Seven Days in Solitary [3/9/14]

Way Down in the Hole: Senate Hearing Challenges Solitary Confinement for Some, But Not All

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

Seven Days in Solitary [3/2/14]

Doing “Bing Time”: Memories of a Mental Health Worker in Rikers Island’s Solitary Confinement Unit

ADX H-Unit on Hunger Strike, Prisoners Being Force-Fed

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

Seven Days in Solitary [2/23/14]

Lawsuit Secures New Limits on Solitary Confinement in New York’s Prisons

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

Seven Days in Solitary [2/16/14]

At Hearing on Solitary Confinement in California Prisons, Advocates Challenge “Reforms”

Seven Months After Historic Prison Hunger Strike, Opponents of Solitary in California Gauge the Pace of Change