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Supermax Prisons

Everyone concerned with solitary confinement has been closely watching a landmark effort in the Maine state legislature to pass a bill that would have significantly limited the practice in state prisons. On Monday that effort culminated in what some advocates have called a “gutted” version of the bill–and others see as a meaningful first step toward […]

News & Features

Maine Legislature Votes to Study Solitary Confinement Practices–But Not to Change Them

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

April 7, 2010

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Solitary Watch Watches National Geographic’s Experiment in Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 2, 2010

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Storming “Little Gitmo”: Lawsuit Challenges Restricted Units in Federal Prisons

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

April 1, 2010

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Federal Lawsuit Challenges 27 Years of Supermax Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

March 26, 2010

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Devices of Torture in U.S. Prisons

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

March 22, 2010

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If You Build It, They Will Come: Obama Commits to Gitmo North

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

March 20, 2010

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Maine’s Solitary Confinement Bill: Another Test of Our Tolerance for Torture

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

March 5, 2010

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No Obama Budget Freeze for Prisons

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 22, 2010

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Solitary Confinement Cells Have Become America’s New Asylums

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 20, 2010

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Two Clinton-Era Laws That Permit Cruel and Unusual Punishment

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 16, 2010

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Incarceration Nation

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 15, 2010

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Children in Lockdown: Solitary Confinement of Teens in Adult Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

January 30, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Coyote Calling

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

January 24, 2010

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America’s “Most Isolated Man” Sues the Bureau of Prisons

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

January 22, 2010

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The Maine Redemption: Bill Seeks to Restrict Use of Solitary in State’s Prisons

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

January 11, 2010

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Amy Goodman and Atul Gawande on Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway

January 5, 2010

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Rising Criticism of Tamms Illinois Supermax

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

January 2, 2010

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