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This week, the The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry released a policy statement condemning the use of solitary confinement for juveniles. There is no comprehensive data on how many teens and even younger children are in solitary confinement in the United States, but it is safe to say that the number run into the […]

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Children in Solitary

Solitary Confinement on Trial in Colorado

Solitary Confinement Leads to Suffering and Suicide in Pennsylvania’s Prisons

Montana Settlement Limits Solitary Confinement for Juveniles, Prisoners with Mental Illness

“Cruel Isolation”: Amnesty International Report Blasts Conditions in Arizona’s Prisons

More Suicides in Solitary Plague Massachusetts Prisons

Prisoners with Mental Illness Suffer — and Die — in Arizona’s Solitary Confinement Cells

Lawsuit Charges Solitary Confinement in Arizona’s Prisons Is Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Illinois Governor Proposes Closing Controversial Tamms Supermax Prison

Solitary Confinement in Great Britain: Still Harsh, But Rare

New Report Shows Juvenile Lifers Suffering in Solitary Confinement

Isolated California Prisoners Continue Their Fight for Reform

New York State Lawmakers Hold Hearings on Solitary Confinement Reforms, Spike in Prison Suicide Rate

Voices from Solitary: Hank Skinner’s Dispatches from Texas Death Row

“Pawns in a Failed Experiment”: Testimony of Dr. Craig Haney on Solitary Confinement

Maine Reduces Use of Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary: Letter from a Pelican Bay Hunger Striker

Confronting Torture in U.S. Prisons: A Q&A With Solitary Watch

Upcoming Forum in New York on Solitary Confinement in State Prisons

Solitary Watch Fact Sheet: Psychological Effects of Solitary Confinement

DSK’s “Tiny” Cell Was Spacious by U.S. Solitary Confinement Standards

Report Documents Abuse in Pennsylvania Prison’s Lockdown Unit

Cruel and Usual: U.S. Solitary Confinement

Growing Resistance to the Solitary Confinement of Bradley Manning

Fortresses of Solitude (Part 2)

On Bradley Manning, Solitary Confinement, and Selective Outrage

The Solitary Men of Texas Death Row

Massachusetts Prisoner Who Exposed Sex-for-Snitching Ring Sent to Solitary

Sex-for-Snitching Ring Reported at Massachusetts Prison