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Our latest fact sheet lays out the legal context in which the practice of solitary confinement has been carried out in U.S. prisons and jails. It discusses how the Constitution has historically been interpreted to limit–or allow–solitary confinement, and includes a section on international law. FACT SHEET — Solitary Confinement and the Law The fact sheet […]

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New Fact Sheet on Solitary Confinement and the Law

Roundup of Testimony from California Assembly Hearing on Solitary Confinement

The Torture of Troy Davis

NYC Bar Association Issues Report on “The Brutality of Supermax Confinement”

“I Never Will Abandon This Hope”: Testimony of a Pelican Bay Hunger Striker on Solitary Confinement

“Pawns in a Failed Experiment”: Testimony of Dr. Craig Haney on Solitary Confinement

“Where Punishment Becomes Torture”: Testimony of Dorsey Nunn on Solitary Confinement

“A Form of Torture”: Testimony of Laura Magnani on Solitary Confinement

“The Destruction of the Human Spirit”: Testimony of Rev. William McGarvey on Solitary Confinement

New from Solitary Watch: Original Videos on Solitary Confinement

New York Times Heeds a Cry from the Depths of Pelican Bay Prison

As Prisoners End Hunger Strike at Pelican Bay, Their Cause Continues

Statements from Human Rights and Civil Rights Groups Support Pelican Bay Hunger Strikers

Native American Activist Leonard Peltier “in the Hellhole” of Solitary Confinement

Starving in Solitary: California Prison Hunger Strikers’ Health Declines, But State Will Not Negotiate

Solitary Watch Fact Sheet: Psychological Effects of Solitary Confinement

Amnesty International Calls for Angola 3’s Release from 40 Years of Solitary Confinement

Upcoming Forum in New York on Solitary Confinement in State Prisons

Supreme Court Takes the “Radical” Stance That Prisoners Are Human Beings

Report Documents Abuse in Pennsylvania Prison’s Lockdown Unit

Tolerating Torture

Isolation Units Within U.S. Prisons: CCR Panel Discussion in San Francisco

Growing Resistance to the Solitary Confinement of Bradley Manning

Former Detainee Describes Solitary Confinement at Guantanamo

New Resources on Solitary Confinement

The Brutality of Supermax Confinement

Fahad Hashmi Joins 1,400 Others in the Solitary Confinement Capital of the World

Our Homegrown American Gitmos

Solitary Watch to Be Featured at Torture Awareness Campaign