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An excellent article on solitary in North Carolina–the first of its kind, that we know of–appears in the current Indyweek of Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill. “What Life Is Like in Solitary Confinement at North Carolina’s Central Prison,” by Billy Ball, describes conditions in the intensive control unit, or ICON, at the prison in Raleigh. The piece focuses on […]

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Solitary Confinement in North Carolina

“Millennium Bomber,” Scarred by 12 Years in Solitary, Is Sentenced to 37 More

“I Write, Read, Cry, Sleep and Beg for Death”: Life In Utah’s Supermax

Former Hostage in Iran Reports on Solitary Confinement in California

Extradited to a Future of Torture in a U.S. Supermax Prison

Federal Government Seeks Dismissal of Supermax Suicide Lawsuit

Pennsylvania Lawmakers Hear Testimony on the Torture of Solitary Confinement

Scientists Discover How Social Isolation Damages Young Brains

Mumia Abu-Jamal Challenges Death Row Solitary Confinement and Life Without Parole

Portrait of a Prison Whistleblower—and His Punishment

California Justice: Three Strikes and Sixteen Years in Solitary

Solitary Confinement: New York’s Hidden Problem

Defense Describes Bradley Manning’s “Unlawful Pretrial Punishment” in Solitary Confinement

New Audio: Is Solitary Confinement Torture?

Suicide in Solitary: The Death of Alex Machado

Shutting Down a Supermax: An Interview With Alan Mills of the Uptown People’s Law Center

Voices from Solitary: Can’t You Hear Us?

“New York’s Black Sites”: New Article About Solitary Confinement in State Prisons

Guantanamo “Is Not an Aberration”: How the War on Terror Came Home

Voices from Solitary: High Tech Brutality

The “Torture of Isolation” Gains Media Attention

Congress Unlocks America’s Hidden Shame of Solitary Confinement

Report from Senate Hearing on Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary: From the Vortex of Uinta One

Voices from Solitary: “No Longer a Part of the World”

Voices from Solitary: “The SHU Is California’s Equivalent of Waterboarding”

Voices from Solitary: Behind Enemy Lines

Suicides in Solitary Confinement in Arizona’s Prisons

Pelican Bay Prisoners File Lawsuit Against Long-Term Isolation