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On Truthout, Jason Leopold interviews David Hicks, an Australian national who spent six years at Guantanamo Bay before beingĀ charged with “providing material support to terrorists” and convicted in a military tribunal. Now free and living in Australia, Hicks alleges that he faced torture that included beatings, shackling, forced sedation, and sleep deprivation, as well asĀ 24-hour […]

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Former Detainee Describes Solitary Confinement at Guantanamo

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 18, 2011

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Case Closed on Supermax Abuses at Pelican Bay

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 15, 2011

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Massachusetts Prison Whistleblower Is Punished and Silenced

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 15, 2011

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More New Resources on Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 13, 2011

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“Smart on Crime” Coalition Declares “Isolated Confinement Is Overused and Harmful”

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 10, 2011

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Colorado Inmate Says He Was Thrown in Solitary for Refusing to Supply False Testimony

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 8, 2011

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Prison Myth No. 1: “Prisoners Want to Go Into Solitary Confinement”

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

February 6, 2011

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “Worse Than Angola”

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 5, 2011

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Maine Prison Whistleblower Exiled and Isolated

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 3, 2011

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Online Journalism / Social Media Internships at Solitary Watch

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

January 30, 2011

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Inside “Little Gitmo”: Documents Detail Inmate Surveillance at Federal Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

January 24, 2011

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Supermax Psych: “Behavior Modification” at Marion Federal Prison

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

January 22, 2011

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Inside the American Supermax

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

January 19, 2011

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New Resources on Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

January 12, 2011

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Prison Whistleblower Condemned to Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

January 10, 2011

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The Scott Sisters’ “Debt to Society” and the New Jim Crow

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by James Ridgeway

January 7, 2011

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Ohio Prisoners Go on Hunger Strike for Transfer from Solitary to Death Row

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

January 5, 2011

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On Bradley Manning, Solitary Confinement, and Selective Outrage

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

January 2, 2011

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Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 25, 2010

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Wilbert Rideau on Solitary Confinement: “The Zenith in Human Cruelty”

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

December 18, 2010

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The Brutality of Supermax Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 17, 2010

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Georgia Prisoners’ Strike: “We locked ourselves down.”

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 13, 2010

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WikiLeakers Held in Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

December 10, 2010

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ACLU and Experts Slam Findings of Colorado DOC Report On Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella

December 4, 2010

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The Solitary Men of Texas Death Row

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

November 28, 2010

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Massachusetts Prisoner Who Exposed Sex-for-Snitching Ring Sent to Solitary

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by James Ridgeway

November 18, 2010

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“Fatal Flaws” in the Colorado Solitary Confinement Study

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

November 15, 2010

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Controversial Colorado Study Shows Prisoners “Improve” in Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

November 7, 2010

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Our Homegrown American Gitmos

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

November 5, 2010

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