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Supermax Prisons

The Center for Constitutional Rights has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in D.C. on behalf of five prisoners held in solitary confinement in the “Communications Management Units” (CMUs) of two federal prisons. The “experimental” units were supposedly designed to hold high-risk inmates, including terrorists, whose crimes warrant heightened monitoring of their external and […]

News & Features

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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