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Supermax Prisons

We have heard a lot about the gang “validation” in California prisons–the process by which inmates are identified as members of prison gangs. Validation can land a prisoner in solitary for five, ten, even twenty years, and was the main focus of the recent hunger strikes at Pelican Bay and other California supermaxes. We have also heard stories of prisoners who’ve […]

Voices from Solitary

Supermax Prisons

Voices from Solitary: Isolated for Having a “Gang” Calendar

A Day in the Life of Three Prisoners in Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary: High Tech Brutality

The “Torture of Isolation” Gains Media Attention

Lawsuit Challenges Conditions at ADX Federal Supermax

Voices from Solitary: “I Lost the Will to Live”

Solitary and Death Row Survivor Anthony Graves Speaks Out

Congress Unlocks America’s Hidden Shame of Solitary Confinement

Report from Senate Hearing on Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary: From a Nevada Hole

Voices from Solitary: From the Vortex of Uinta One

California Bill Would Lift Media Ban on Access to Prisons

Voices from Solitary: “No Longer a Part of the World”

Voices from Solitary: “The SHU Is California’s Equivalent of Waterboarding”

Voices from Solitary: Behind Enemy Lines

First Congressional Hearing on Solitary Confinement to Be Held June 19

Voices from Solitary: Exiled In Purgatory

Prisoners in Solitary Confinement in Ohio Stage Two-Week Hunger Strike

Suicides in Solitary Confinement in Arizona’s Prisons

Pelican Bay Prisoners File Lawsuit Against Long-Term Isolation

Voices from Solitary: A Lose-Lose Situation

Virginia Prisoners in Solitary Confinement Launch Hunger Strike

Mothers with Sons in Solitary Tell Their Stories

Federal Judge Criticizes Supermax Confinement in Colorado

Prisoners in Solitary Confinement in California Respond to Prison Policy Reforms

Solitary Confinement on Trial in Colorado

Voices from Solitary: Waking Nightmares

Testimony from Hearing on Closure of Tamms Supermax Prison

Families of California Prisoners Respond to Controversial Reforms of Solitary Confinement