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The U.S. Bureau of Prisons currently holds more than 12,400 individuals in 23-hour-a-day lockdown, making it the largest practitioner of solitary and other forms of isolated confinement in the nation, and most likely the world. Yet the BOP does not know whether its use of “segregated housing” has any impact on prison safety, how it affects the prisoners […]

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Supermax Prisons

GAO Report Questions Widespread Use of Solitary Confinement in Federal Prisons

Seven Days in Solitary [5/19/13]

Voices from Solitary: “Extradition”

Seven Days in Solitary [5/12/13]

The Art of Activism: Closing Tamms Supermax

The Ten Worst Prisons in America

Seven Days in Solitary [4.27.13]

Judge Refuses to Dismiss Federal Supermax Lawsuits

New Video: Dr. Terry Kupers on Solitary Confinement and Mental Health

Seven Days in Solitary [4.20.13]

Twenty Years After the Lucasville Uprising, Trying to Tell the Story

Opposing the Architecture of Isolation: Architects Against Solitary Confinement

Obama’s 2014 Budget Confirms Plans for “ADX Thomson,” New Federal Supermax Prison

Voices from Solitary: The Louder My Voice the Deeper They Bury Me

“Systemic Failures Persist” in California Prison Mental Health Care, Judge Rules

Video Shows Maine Prisoner with Mental Illness Brutally Subdued by Guards

Seven Days in Solitary [4.4.13]

Voices from Solitary: Parts of My Mind Did Not Survive

Thirty Days in Solitary

The Solitary Connection: Was Clements Suspect Affected by Years in Prison Isolation?

Voices from Solitary: “Suicide Is Preferable to Long-Term Segregation”

Judge Rules California Solitary Confinement Lawsuit Should Have Its Day in Court

Lawsuit Filed Against Solitary Confinement of 800 “Seriously Mentally Ill” in Pennsylvania

Voices from Solitary: “Where Cold, Quiet and Emptiness Come Together”

The Hidden History of Solitary Confinement in New Jersey’s Control Units

Guarding the Fortresses: How Prison Policies Limit Media Access to Solitary Confinement

Journalists Barred from Prison Isolation Units

Tracking the Rise of Solitary Confinement in America–and of the Struggle Against It

California Assembly Reviews Solitary Confinement Policies As Prisoners Threaten New Hunger Strike