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Guest Post by Bonnie Kerness Editor’s Note: Bonnie Kerness of the American Friends Service Committee’s Prison Watch Project was one of the first Americans to name the widespread use of solitary confinement in U.S. prisons as a form of torture. Her longtime battle against this practice is just one chapter in a lifetime spent in various forms of social justice […]

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Voices from the “Torture Chambers”: Solitary Confinement and Political Repression

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

July 11, 2010

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Louisiana Jail Locks Up Suicidal Prisoners in 3′ x 3′ Cages

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

July 9, 2010

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U.S. Supermax Prisons Are Challenged in the European Court of Human Rights–and Lose the First Round

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 8, 2010

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Two for One: Guantanamo Won’t Close, But Illinois Supermax Will Open

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 6, 2010

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Two Clinton Era Laws That Allow Cruel and Unusual Punishment (Redux)

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 22, 2010

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What the War on Terror Owes to the War on Crime (Redux)

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 22, 2010

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“Extradition to a Future of Total Isolation” Opposed by British Human Rights Lawyer

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 14, 2010

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Super-Secretive Supermax Prisons: Last Day to Register Opposition

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

June 2, 2010

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Obama’s Plan Is the “Wrong Way to Close Guantanamo,” Groups Warn

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

April 10, 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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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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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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What the War on Terror Owes to the War on Crime

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 16, 2010

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No End to U.S. Torture

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

January 22, 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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The Hashmi Case Brings Guantanamo Home

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

January 4, 2010

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