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Last Wednesday and Thursday, United States government officials met with representatives at the United Nations to discuss the country’s compliance with the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT). Every country that is a signatory to the CAT is required to submit a “Periodic Report” to the […]

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Solitary Confinement

UN Committee on Torture Questions U.S. Record on Solitary Confinement

On Rikers Island, an End to the Solitary Confinement of Children

In the Story of Jonah, an Urgent Lesson About the Dangers of Solitary Confinement

Life and Death in Pennsylvania’s Solitary Confinement Cells

American Experts Urge British Not to Believe What They Hear About US Prison Conditions

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

Pennsylvania Prison System Faces Lawsuit Over Suicide of Young Man with Mental Illness

Isolated California Prisoners Continue Their Fight for Reform

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

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

Civil Rights Groups Demand Change for Transgender Women Held in Solitary in New York’s Prisons

UN: Solitary Confinement in the U.S. Can Be Torture, Force-Feeding Unacceptable

New Report Highlights Extreme Isolation Endured by Terrorism Suspects

Prayers for People in Solitary Confinement

What It Means to Be Human: A Philosopher’s Argument Against Solitary Confinement

Holder Makes Obama Administration’s First Public Statement on Solitary Confinement

New York Prisons Bar Media from Solitary Confinement Units

“Disappearing” the Disadvantaged Into Prison, and Into Solitary Confinement

New ACLU Report Examines Devastating Impact of Solitary Confinement on Women

UN Investigator Says Long-Term Solitary Confinement in New York State Prisons Is Torture

Videos Show Abuse of Mentally Ill in California Prisons

Immigrant Hunger Strikers Placed in Solitary Confinement at Federal Detention Center

Private Prison Giant CCA Weighs in on Solitary Confinement

Far from Guantánamo, Torture Takes Root in American Soil

As New York City Jails Amend Their Solitary Confinement Practices, Abuses on Rikers Island Continue

New Campaign Highlights Post-9/11 Civil and Human Rights Abuses on American Soil

Mentally Ill in South Carolina’s Prisons Suffer Decades of Abuse and Neglect

Florida Bill Would Limit Use of Solitary Confinement on Children

U.S. Holds Hundreds of Detained Immigrants in Solitary Confinement