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Obama’s oath to close the military detention camp at Guantanamo Bay within a year of his election was more than a campaign promise or a post-inauguration executive order; for many people, it signified a return to some semblance of the rule of law after eight years of a rogue administration. But the 44th president had barely taken office when […]

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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”

Voices from Solitary: Oscar Wilde’s Cry from the Depths

Two Clinton Era Laws That Allow Cruel and Unusual Punishment (Redux)

What the War on Terror Owes to the War on Crime (Redux)

Court Rules Against Angola 3’s Albert Woodfox: No End in Sight to 38 Years in Solitary Confinement

Our Father Who Art in Prison

Voices from Solitary: Ray Luc Levasseur on Life in ADX

Prisoner Sent to Solitary Based on Reading Materials

Film Documents the Angola 3’s 100+ Years of Solitude

No Evidence of National Reduction in Solitary Confinement

“Extradition to a Future of Total Isolation” Opposed by British Human Rights Lawyer

The End of Mississippi’s Notorious Supermax Unit

Oregon Converts Supermax Unit to Treat Prisoners With Mental Illness

Lessons from Solitary

Super-Secretive Supermax Prisons: Last Day to Register Opposition

Richard Ross Photographs Children in Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary: Kenneth E. Hartman on “The Other Death Penalty”

Supreme Court Decision Limits Juvenile Life Without Parole (Within Limits)

Abuse and Cover-Up in California Prisons’ “Behavior Management Units”

Voices from Solitary: New Memoir by Wilbert Rideau

Woman Prisoner Sent to Solitary for Reporting Rape by Guard

Live from Death Row: 3,600 Americans Waiting Alone to Die

N.J. Prison Abused Inmates During Month-Long Lockdown

Atul Gawande on Solitary Confinement: Our Generation of Americans “Has Countenanced Legalized Torture”

Cash-Strapped Colorado Comes Up With Funds for New Supermax

Obama’s Plan Is the “Wrong Way to Close Guantanamo,” Groups Warn

The Machinery of Death: Some Death Row Prisoners Can Still Opt for Firing Squad (or Electric Chair, Gas Chamber, or Noose)

Maine Legislature Votes to Study Solitary Confinement Practices–But Not to Change Them