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As the year ended, The Marshall Project provided a comprehensive roundup of reforms to solitary confinement practices across the country. Eli Hager and Gerald Rich write: “In 2014 one of the most controversial practices in criminal justice, solitary confinement, faced unprecedented challenges. As a result of legislation or lawsuits, ten states adopted 14 measures aimed at […]

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For Solitary Confinement in U.S. Prisons, A Year of Incremental Reform

UN Torture Investigator Barred from Visiting American Supermax Prisons

Officials, Advocates Call for Restrictions on Solitary Confinement in Wisconsin

New Report Documents Brutal Treatment of People with Mental Illness in U.S. Prisons and Jails

Irish Court Blocks Suspect’s Extradition to U.S., Citing Risk of Solitary Confinement

Can International Laws and Standards Help Curb Solitary Confinement in the United States?

UN Committee on Torture Says U.S. Must Reform Its Use of Solitary Confinement

Working from the Inside Out

UN Committee on Torture Questions U.S. Record on Solitary Confinement

In the Story of Jonah, an Urgent Lesson About the Dangers of Solitary Confinement

Life and Death in Pennsylvania’s Solitary Confinement Cells

American Experts Urge British Not to Believe What They Hear About US Prison Conditions

Freed from an Iranian Prison, Sarah Shourd Speaks Out for U.S. Prisoners in Solitary Confinement

UN: Solitary Confinement in the U.S. Can Be Torture, Force-Feeding Unacceptable

Prayers for People in Solitary Confinement

What It Means to Be Human: A Philosopher’s Argument Against Solitary Confinement

“Disappearing” the Disadvantaged Into Prison, and Into Solitary Confinement

UN Investigator Says Long-Term Solitary Confinement in New York State Prisons Is Torture

Far from Guantánamo, Torture Takes Root in American Soil

New Campaign Highlights Post-9/11 Civil and Human Rights Abuses on American Soil

Mentally Ill in South Carolina’s Prisons Suffer Decades of Abuse and Neglect

Solitary Confinement: Too Controversial for Costco

Activists Urge U.S. Government to Grant UN Torture Expert Access to New York’s Prisons

New Report Criticizes Use of Solitary Confinement in New Mexico Prisons and Jails

Records Show Excessive Use of Force at Colorado Supermax

In States That “Reduce” Their Use of Solitary Confinement, Suffering Continues for Those Left Behind

Judge Refuses to Dismiss Federal Supermax Lawsuits

Federal Lawsuit Challenges Brutality in Solitary Confinement Unit at North Carolina Prison

As 30,000 Join California Prison Hunger Strike, Corrections Officials Issue Guidelines on Starvation