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Torture

Today, dozens of advocates will travel from around the country to Washington, DC, to take part in what are called “Civil Society Consultations” with representatives of the U.S. government on the subject of the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT). As a signatory of CAT, the […]

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Torture

U.S. Government Tells UN: “No Systematic Use of Solitary Confinement in the United States”

Voices from Solitary: A Mouse and a Murderer

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

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

News from the Hole: The Words of People in Solitary Confinement in America’s Prisons

Seven Days in Solitary [8/31/14]

Videos Show Brutal Treatment of Prisoners with Mental Illness

Federal Supermax Prison “in Violation of International Law”: Amnesty International

Prayers for People in Solitary Confinement

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

Voices from Solitary, Analyzing Isolation, Part III

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

Voices from Solitary: Head Cases

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

Voices from Solitary: “Mind Blowing Because I’m a Kid”

Voices from Solitary: A Day in the Life, Part V

Voices from Solitary: A Day in the Life, Part IV

Voices from Solitary: TV Death Row

Torture on Death Row: Court Rules Against Automatic Use of Solitary Confinement for the Condemned

Way Down in the Hole: Senate Hearing Challenges Solitary Confinement for Some, But Not All

Voices from Solitary: A Day in the Life, Part III

Doing “Bing Time”: Memories of a Mental Health Worker in Rikers Island’s Solitary Confinement Unit

ADX H-Unit on Hunger Strike, Prisoners Being Force-Fed

Lawsuit Secures New Limits on Solitary Confinement in New York’s Prisons

Far from Guantánamo, Torture Takes Root in American Soil

Seven Days in Solitary [2/2/14]

Prison Health Care: Is the American Health Profession Ignoring a Human Rights Issue Hiding in Plain Sight?

Seven Days in Solitary [1/19/13]

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