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Torture

A report released yesterday by the Human Rights Coalition, a nonprofit organization concerned with prisoners’ rights, provides a vivid and grim picture of life inside the solitary confinement unit of the State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon in south-central Pennsylvania. The report describes what it calls a “culture of terror” in the prison’s Restricted Housing Unit (RHU). For purposes […]

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Report Documents Abuse in Pennsylvania Prison’s Lockdown Unit

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 26, 2011

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

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

April 1, 2011

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Tolerating Torture

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

March 29, 2011

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Cruel and Usual: U.S. Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

March 19, 2011

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Growing Resistance to the Solitary Confinement of Bradley Manning

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

March 17, 2011

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Fortresses of Solitude (Part 1)

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 28, 2011

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Former Detainee Describes Solitary Confinement at Guantanamo

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 18, 2011

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New Resources on Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

January 12, 2011

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On Bradley Manning, Solitary Confinement, and Selective Outrage

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

January 2, 2011

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The Brutality of Supermax Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 17, 2010

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The Solitary Men of Texas Death Row

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

November 28, 2010

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Our Homegrown American Gitmos

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

November 5, 2010

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Solitary Watch to Be Featured at Torture Awareness Campaign

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

November 1, 2010

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

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

October 28, 2010

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All-American Prison Torture

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

October 12, 2010

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How to Create Madness in Prison

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

September 23, 2010

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Psychiatrists on Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 16, 2010

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Life and Death in Pennsylvania’s Solitary Confinement Cells

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

September 7, 2010

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Solitary Confinement Is a “Challenge for Medical Ethics”

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 11, 2010

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Obama’s First Military Tribunal: Child Soldier Tortured at Bagram and Gitmo

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 10, 2010

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Ridgeway on America’s Solitary Confinement Nightmare

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by Jean Casella

August 5, 2010

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Pennsylvania Legislators Hold Hearings on Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 5, 2010

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Another Suspicious Death in Maine State Prison’s Lockdown Unit

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by James Ridgeway

August 3, 2010

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Prison Heat: Hunger Strike Highlights Summer’s Deadly Toll on U.S. Inmates

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

July 26, 2010

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Montana Teen Who Faced Torture in Prison Asks Judge to Keep Him Out of Solitary

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

July 22, 2010

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“Torture Memo” Author Says He Authorized Waterboarding, But Not “Extended Solitary Confinement”

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

July 16, 2010

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Clarence Thomas “Outraged” by Treatment of His Nephew, But Condones the Same for Thousands of Others

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 14, 2010

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Russian “Spy” Anna Chapman Chose Deportation Over Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

July 12, 2010

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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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