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Comparing their conditions to a “living coffin,” a group of lawyers for hundreds of California prisoners placed in long-term or indefinite solitary confinement petitioned the United Nations yesterday to intervene on their behalf. The petition, drawn up by the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, names 22 main inmate petitioners and refers to hundreds more held in […]

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Solitary Confinement

California Prisoners in Solitary Confinement Petition the UN to Intervene

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

California Announces Reform of Controversial Policies That Led to Prison Hunger Strike

“The Gray Box”: Upcoming New York Event on Solitary Confinement

“A Time to Speak Up”: Prisoner Freed After a Decade in Solitary Confinement in Pennsylvania

Prisoners with Mental Illness Suffer — and Die — in Arizona’s Solitary Confinement Cells

Lawsuit Charges Solitary Confinement in Arizona’s Prisons Is Cruel and Unusual Punishment

UN Human Rights Council Considers Solitary Confinement in U.S. Prisons

Decision of Federal Judge Frees Prisoner from Solitary Confinement

National and International Events Challenging Use of Solitary Confinement

New Ban on Solitary Confinement for Child Prisoners in Mississippi

New Federal Budget: Plenty of Money for Prisons

Family of California Prisoner Who Died on Hunger Strike Speaks Out

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