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When he was five years old, Adam Hall tried to burn down his family home outside Utica in upstate New York. Afterwards, he drew a picture of his family having a happy reunion in heaven. Adam’s mother, Carole Hall, knew the incident was a cry for help–and possibly an early suicide attempt–but she had no […]

News & Features

Solitary Confinement

Criminalizing Mental Illness: The Story of Adam Hall

Mothers with Sons in Solitary Tell Their Stories

Children Spend Months in Solitary Confinement in Texas Jails

Federal Judge Criticizes Supermax Confinement in Colorado

Transgender Immigrant Detainees Locked in Solitary Confinement

Children in Solitary

Prisoners in Solitary Confinement in California Respond to Prison Policy Reforms

Solitary Confinement on Trial in Colorado

Voices from Solitary: Waking Nightmares

Testimony from Hearing on Closure of Tamms Supermax Prison

Families of California Prisoners Respond to Controversial Reforms of Solitary Confinement

Solitary Confinement Leads to Suffering and Suicide in Pennsylvania’s Prisons

Montana Settlement Limits Solitary Confinement for Juveniles, Prisoners with Mental Illness

Torturous Milestone: 40 Years in Solitary for the Angola 3

New Film Explores “the Injustice of Solitary Confinement and the Transformative Power of Art”

Connecticut Votes to Replace the Death Penalty with Life in Solitary Confinement

European Human Rights Court Rules Terror Suspects Can Be Extradited to U.S. Supermax

“Complete Lawlessness” at Orleans Parish Prison

40 Years in Solitary: New BBC Program on the Angola 3 Case

“Cruel Isolation”: Amnesty International Report Blasts Conditions in Arizona’s Prisons

Voices from Solitary: “A Terribly Unique Experience”

Voices from Solitary: “Thoughts of Freedom Running Wild in My Head”

More Suicides in Solitary Plague Massachusetts Prisons

Leading Mental Health Experts Urge Illinois Legislators to Close Tamms Supermax

Solitary Confinement Rises Sharply on Rikers Island — and Activists Respond

Pelican Bay SHU Prisoners Respond to California’s Proposed Prisons Reforms

Solitary Confinement in New York (and in the New York Times)

California Prisoners in Solitary Confinement Petition the UN to Intervene

North Carolina Prisoners Report Being Put in Solitary Confinement for Going on Strike