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Solitary Confinement

A noteworthy piece on solitary confinement appeared yesterday as a guest column in the New Jersey Star-Ledger. The column is by George Hunsinger, who teaches at Princeton Theological Seminary and is the founder of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT). It is noteworthy, too, that NRCAT, which previously focused its work largely on U.S.-sanctioned torture abroad […]

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Tolerating Torture

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

March 29, 2011

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Prisoner Grievances: “The System for Going Up Against the System”

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

March 24, 2011

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Live from Lockdown

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

March 20, 2011

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Cruel and Usual: U.S. Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

March 19, 2011

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Growing Resistance to the Solitary Confinement of Bradley Manning

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

March 17, 2011

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Prison Rape, the PREA, and the PLRA

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

March 7, 2011

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Lane Nelson on Angola’s Death Row

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

March 5, 2011

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Fortresses of Solitude (Part 2)

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

March 1, 2011

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Fortresses of Solitude, Part 1: The Alcatraz of the Rockies

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 28, 2011

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Imprisoned in the First Control Unit for Women

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 26, 2011

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ACLU Takes a Strong Stand Against Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 25, 2011

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Bill to Limit Solitary Confinement Introduced in Colorado Legislature

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 22, 2011

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ACLU Urges UN to Take Action on Solitary Confinement in the United States

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 21, 2011

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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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