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In a letter pressing Russia not to grant asylum to former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, Attorney General Eric Holder made the highly disingenuous promise that Snowden will not be tortured if he is returned to the United States. “I can report that the United States is prepared to provide to the Russian government the following assurances regarding the treatment Mr. […]

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Why Holder’s Pledge That Snowden “Will Not Be Tortured” Is a Lie

California Prison Hunger Strikers to Be Force-Fed

One Month After Historic Hunger Strike, California Lawmakers Hold Hearings on Solitary Confinement

The Use of Isolation in U.S. Prisons: A Human Rights Issue

We Are One Body: Catholics Raise Voices Against Solitary Confinement

Suicide in Solitary: A Mother Remembers Her Son

To See or Not to See: Capturing Herman Wallace’s 41 Years in Solitary

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

Lessons from Solitary

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

How to Create Madness in Prison

Confronting Torture in U.S. Prisons: A Q&A With Solitary Watch

Most House Republicans Vote to Let Schoolchildren Be Held Down, Tied Up, and Put in Solitary Confinement

Solitary Watch Watches National Geographic’s Experiment in Solitary Confinement

Cruel and Usual: U.S. Solitary Confinement

What the War on Terror Owes to the War on Crime

New Audio: Is Solitary Confinement Torture?

Lawsuit Charges Solitary Confinement in Arizona’s Prisons Is Cruel and Unusual Punishment

UN Human Rights Council Considers Solitary Confinement in U.S. Prisons

National and International Events Challenging Use of Solitary Confinement

Illinois Governor Proposes Closing Controversial Tamms Supermax Prison

The Guantánamos Next Door

New Video: National Religious Campaign Against Torture Takes a Stand on Solitary Confinement

Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

“On the Row, You Never See the Stars”: Oregon Prisoner Wants to Die to Escape Death Row

UN Torture Investigator Calls on Nations to End Solitary Confinement

Tuesday Night in NYC: Forum on Solitary Confinement Features UN Special Rapporteur on Torture

Federal Judge Rules 28 Years in Solitary Confinement Not “Extreme,” Dismisses Silverstein Case

Abu Ghraib, California: Report Shows Brutal Abuse of Prisoners in LA County Jails