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Today, the Obama Administration will begin its first trial of a prisoner held at Guantanamo Bay. The defendant is Omar Khadr, a Canadian national who was 15 when his alleged crime took place eight years ago. Since that time, Khadr has been abused, threatened, and held is solitary confinement for long periods at both Bagram and Gitmo. Daphne Eviatar […]

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Obama’s First Military Tribunal: Child Soldier Tortured at Bagram and Gitmo

Voices from Solitary: Life on Level 3, Texas Death Row

“Epidemic” of Suicides in Massachusetts Prisons

Ridgeway on America’s Solitary Confinement Nightmare

Pennsylvania Legislators Hold Hearings on Solitary Confinement

Federal Judge: Extended Solitary Confinement Causes “Lasting Psychological Damage and Emotional Harm”

Due Process Rights Routinely Suppressed in California Prisons

Another Suspicious Death in Maine State Prison’s Lockdown Unit

Private Prison Giant GEO Faces Fallout from Texas Prison Riots

Voices from Solitary: Supermaxed Out in Colorado

“Never in the Civilised World Have So Many Been Locked Up for So Little”

WikiLeaks Suspect Faces Long Stay in Pretrial Solitary Confinement

Prison Heat: Hunger Strike Highlights Summer’s Deadly Toll on U.S. Inmates

Montana Teen Who Faced Torture in Prison Asks Judge to Keep Him Out of Solitary

Judge Rules Procedures at Tamms Supermax Violate Constitution

The Puppy Protection Act and the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act

“Torture Memo” Author Says He Authorized Waterboarding, But Not “Extended Solitary Confinement”

A Supermax Prisoner’s Film from Hell

Clarence Thomas “Outraged” by Treatment of His Nephew, But Condones the Same for Thousands of Others

LGBT Kids in Prison Face Rape, Beatings, and Isolation

Celebrities in Solitary: Lindsay Lohan Goes to Lockdown

Russian “Spy” Anna Chapman Chose Deportation Over Solitary Confinement

Voices from the “Torture Chambers”: Solitary Confinement and Political Repression

The Prisoner’s Catch-22

Louisiana Jail Locks Up Suicidal Prisoners in 3′ x 3′ Cages

U.S. Supermax Prisons Are Challenged in the European Court of Human Rights–and Lose the First Round

Alaska Teen Spends 17-Months in Pre-Trial Solitary Confinement

Two for One: Guantanamo Won’t Close, But Illinois Supermax Will Open

Voices from Solitary: Life in a Pennsylvania Prison’s “Restricted Housing Unit”