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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was reportedly “completely shocked and outraged” when he learned that his nephew, who suffers from epilepsy and was reportedly suicidal, was beaten and tased with a stun gun at a Louisiana hospital–apparently, for nothing more than some unruly behavior. “Outraged” we can understand: What happened to 24-year-old Derek Thomas does qualify as outrageous. […]

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Solitary Confinement

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”

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”