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Solitary Confinement

Originally formed, in the wake of the Abu Ghraib scandal, to address U.S. torture abroad, the National Religious Campaign Against Torture is now one of the leading groups dedicated to ending torture in U.S. prisons, with a specific focus on the widespread use and abuse of solitary confinement. Since its founding in 2006, according to the group, […]

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Solitary Confinement

New Video: National Religious Campaign Against Torture Takes a Stand on Solitary Confinement

Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

Voices from Solitary: Christmas in the Hole, 1968

New York State Lawmakers Hold Hearings on Solitary Confinement Reforms, Spike in Prison Suicide Rate

Beyond Guantánamo, There’s Long-Term Solitary Confinement in U.S. Prisons

Solitary Confinement on Rikers Island: An Interview with the Prisoners Rights Project

City to Sharply Increase Solitary Confinement on Rikers Island

Voices from Solitary: Message from the Father of a California Prison Hunger Striker

New Study: Solitary Confinement Overused in Colorado

New Video: UN Torture Expert Juan Mendez on Solitary Confinement

Reducing Solitary Confinement in Maine

Voices from Solitary: Hank Skinner’s Dispatches from Texas Death Row

Voices from Solitary: “Changing Prayer”

Freed from an Iranian Prison, Sarah Shourd Speaks Out for U.S. Prisoners in Solitary Confinement

Storm Over Rikers: Evacuating New York’s Island Jail

Voices from Solitary: “There Must Never Be A Time When We Fail To Protest”

“On the Row, You Never See the Stars”: Oregon Prisoner Wants to Die to Escape Death Row

UN Torture Investigator Calls on Nations to End Solitary Confinement

New Video: Charlie and Pauline Sullivan of C.U.R.E.

Tuesday Night in NYC: Forum on Solitary Confinement Features UN Special Rapporteur on Torture

Pennsylvania Prisoners Charged with Rioting After Protesting Conditions in Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “We Will Not Stop Until We Are Heard”

Voices from Solitary: Letter from Calipatria Prison Hunger Strikers

Federal Judge Rules 28 Years in Solitary Confinement Not “Extreme,” Dismisses Silverstein Case

California Department of Corrections Threatens Prison Hunger Strikers, Bans Lawyers

Voices from Solitary: Loneliness and Solitude

New Video: ACLU Launches “Stop Solitary” Campaign

Abu Ghraib, California: Report Shows Brutal Abuse of Prisoners in LA County Jails

Abu Ghraib on the Allegheny: Sexual and Physical Abuse at Pennsylvania Prison