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On November 27, in a ruling that may have wider implications for the use and abuse of soliary confinement in American prisons, a Massachusetts inmate won a longstanding case against the prison that illegally held him in segregation, as well as the Massachusetts Commissioner of Corrections. The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts found that the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center (SBCC) […]

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Massachusetts Court Rules Against Solitary Confinement Without Due Process

Bradley Manning’s Torture in Solitary Confinement Is Subject of Pre-Trial Hearing

Voices from Solitary: Picturing Solitary Confinement

Bonnie Kerness: Pioneer in the Struggle Against Solitary Confinement

Mentally Ill Man Dies, Injured and Alone, in a Tulsa Jail Cell

Solitary Confinement in North Carolina

“Millennium Bomber,” Scarred by 12 Years in Solitary, Is Sentenced to 37 More

“I Write, Read, Cry, Sleep and Beg for Death”: Life In Utah’s Supermax

“Waiting For The World To Give Us A Reason To Live”: Solitary Confinement in Utah

Voices from Solitary: “It Has Zapped Me Of My Personality”

Prisoner at Corcoran State Prison Commits Suicide in Solitary

Former Hostage in Iran Reports on Solitary Confinement in California

California Prisoners Launch New Hunger Strike on October 10th

Kids in Solitary Confinement: America’s Official Child Abuse

Extradited to a Future of Torture in a U.S. Supermax Prison

Unlock the Box: The Fight Against Solitary Confinement in New York

Amnesty International Releases Report Condemning California Prison Isolation Units

New Report Calls for End to Use of Solitary Confinement in Immigrant Detention

The Other Death Sentence: Aging and Dying in Prison

Federal Government Seeks Dismissal of Supermax Suicide Lawsuit

Solitary Policies in California Revised, As Prisoner Leaders Promote End to Racial Hostilities

Pennsylvania Lawmakers Hear Testimony on the Torture of Solitary Confinement

New York Prisoner Gets Five Years in Solitary for Cell Phone Smuggled in by Guard

Scientists Discover How Social Isolation Damages Young Brains

Mumia Abu-Jamal Challenges Death Row Solitary Confinement and Life Without Parole

Portrait of a Prison Whistleblower—and His Punishment

Pennsylvania Legislators to Hold Hearing on Solitary Confinement

“Total Isolation”: Solitary Confinement in Oregon

Tamms Supermax Prison Closure Temporarily Halted