Could This Be the Worst Solitary Confinement Unit in the Nation?

August 1, 2018August 1, 2018 Jess Hallam

Dr. Craig Haney has investigated the psychological effects of prison conditions for more than 40 years, and has spent time in dozens of supermax prisons and solitary confinement units. But the conditions in the Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Prison’s solitary confinement facility, the Special Management Unit (SMU)—where incarcerated men swallow hacksaw blades and their own […]

Teen Held in Solitary in Tennessee Jail Because He Can't Make Bail

October 14, 2010October 23, 2010 James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

CHILDREN IN LOCKDOWN Second Class Justice is a first-class new blog published by Stephen B. Bright, who heads the Southern Center for Human Rights in Atlanta. It’s primary aim is “ending the unfair and discriminatory treatment of people in the criminal justice system by documenting that treatment.” It’s mission statement continues: Contrary to the constitutional guarantees […]

Solitary Watch

By Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

October 19, 2018

Southern Center for Human Rights

Could This Be the Worst Solitary Confinement Unit in the Nation?

Teen Held in Solitary in Tennessee Jail Because He Can't Make Bail