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In a budget briefing held this afternoon, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn proposed closing the state’s notorious Tamms supermax prison. The proposal is part of a package of deep spending cuts to nearly all areas of state government, which Quinn called a “rendezvous with reality.” Tamms holds more than 200 prisoners in long-term solitary confinement in conditions that […]

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Illinois Governor Proposes Closing Controversial Tamms Supermax Prison

“Occupy” Prison Protests in California Oppose Use of Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary: “The Isolated Prisoner”

Conflicting Reports on Hunger Strike at California’s Corcoran State Prison

Update: Prisoner Dies During Hunger Strike at California’s Corcoran State Prison

New Video: Daughter of Russell Maroon Shoats, Held in Solitary Confinement for Nearly 30 Years

Lawsuit Challenges South Carolina’s Use of Solitary Confinement on Prisoners with Mental Illness

Shackled in Solitary: Prisoners with Mental Illness in Michigan’s Prisons

How Many Prisoners Are in Solitary Confinement in the United States?

“The Gray Box”: Must-Read Article (Plus Video) on Solitary Confinement in America

83-Year-Old Activist Priest Held in Solitary Confinement in Federal Prison

Solitary Confinement in Great Britain: Still Harsh, But Rare

NYCLU to Host Meeting on Solitary Confinement in New York State

Voices from Solitary: Prison Transfer

Mumia Abu-Jamal Moved Off Death Row–and into Solitary Confinement

The Guantánamos Next Door

California Considers New Rules for Solitary Confinement in State Prisons

Solitary Confinement in Virginia’s Prisons

California Bill Would Increase Media Access to Prisoners

New Report Shows Juvenile Lifers Suffering in Solitary Confinement

Isolated California Prisoners Continue Their Fight for Reform

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