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Our latest piece over at Mother Jones concerns an important trial beginning today in Federal District Court in Denver, in which a prisoner with mental illness is challenging more than a decade in solitary confinement in the Colorado State Penitentiary. Also included is background on the groundbreaking work of the University of Denver’s Civil Rights Clinic; on […]

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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

European Human Rights Court Rules Terror Suspects Can Be Extradited to U.S. Supermax

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

Leading Mental Health Experts Urge Illinois Legislators to Close Tamms Supermax

Pelican Bay SHU Prisoners Respond to California’s Proposed Prisons Reforms

California Prisoners in Solitary Confinement Petition the UN to Intervene

California Announces Reform of Controversial Policies That Led to Prison Hunger Strike

“The Gray Box”: Upcoming New York Event on Solitary Confinement

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

National and International Events Challenging Use of Solitary Confinement

New Federal Budget: Plenty of Money for Prisons

Family of California Prisoner Who Died on Hunger Strike Speaks Out

Illinois Governor Proposes Closing Controversial Tamms Supermax Prison

“Occupy” Prison Protests in California Oppose Use of Solitary Confinement

Conflicting Reports on Hunger Strike at California’s Corcoran State Prison

Update: Prisoner Dies During Hunger Strike at California’s Corcoran State Prison

How Many Prisoners Are in Solitary Confinement in the United States?

“The Gray Box”: Must-Read Article (Plus Video) on Solitary Confinement in America

Voices from Solitary: Prison Transfer

California Considers New Rules for Solitary Confinement in State Prisons

Solitary Confinement in Virginia’s Prisons

New Report Shows Juvenile Lifers Suffering in Solitary Confinement

Isolated California Prisoners Continue Their Fight for Reform

Beyond Guantánamo, There’s Long-Term Solitary Confinement in U.S. Prisons

Voices from Solitary: Message from the Father of a California Prison Hunger Striker