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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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Isolation Units Within U.S. Prisons: CCR Panel Discussion in San Francisco

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

April 1, 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

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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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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 Takes a Strong Stand Against Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 25, 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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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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“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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Massachusetts Prison Whistleblower Is Punished and Silenced

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 15, 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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More New Resources on Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 13, 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Fahad Hashmi Joins 1,400 Others in the Solitary Confinement Capital of the World

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

October 28, 2010

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Prisoner Sent to Solitary for Reporting Rape Takes Her Case to the Supreme Court

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

November 2, 2010

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No Charges in Maine Prison Death

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

November 4, 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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“Epidemic” of Suicides in Massachusetts Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 6, 2010

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