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Torture

• According to My Twin Tiers, five people held at the Allegheny County Jail filed a lawsuit through the Abolitionist Law Center (ALC) and the Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project, claiming that the conditions at the facility violate their rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the 14th Amendment. The ALC conducted a survey of people […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/21/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 24, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/28/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 29, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/30/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 30, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/7/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 7, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Fourteen Days in Solitary [12/21/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 21, 2020

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Seven Days in Solitary [1/4/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 4, 2021

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Seven Days in Solitary [1/11/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 11, 2021

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Seven Days in Solitary [1/18/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 18, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Six Weeks in Solitary [4/5/21]

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by Lizzie Kane

April 6, 2021

News & Features

Fortresses of Solitude (Part 1)

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 28, 2011

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Portrait of a Prison Whistleblower—and His Punishment

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

September 13, 2012

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Feds to Open New Supermax Prison Cells at “Gitmo North”

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 8, 2013

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Solidarity and Solitary: When Unions Clash With Prison Reform

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 21, 2013

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Suicide of California Hunger Strike Participant Draws National Attention to a Broken System

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 30, 2013

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

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by James Ridgeway and Lisa Dawson

February 25, 2014

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Obama’s 2014 Budget Confirms Plans for “ADX Thomson,” New Federal Supermax Prison

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 13, 2013

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In California Prisons, Hundreds Removed from Solitary Confinement—and Thousands Remain

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by Sal Rodriguez

January 27, 2015

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New Federal Supermax Prison Will Double Capacity for Extreme Solitary Confinement

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by Aviva Stahl

January 15, 2015

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Audit of Solitary Confinement in Federal Prisons: An Inside Job Reaches Foregone Conclusions

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

March 2, 2015

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Fates Worse Than Death?

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 3, 2014

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

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by Jean Casella

March 5, 2014

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Trump Wants to Bring Back Torture. For Thousands of Americans, It Never Went Away.

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 10, 2017

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Prisons Use Solitary Confinement to Silence Strikers Nationwide—But Their Voices Have Been Heard

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by Valerie Kiebala and Jean Casella

October 1, 2018

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The Solitary Confinement of Paul Manafort and the Temptations of Moral and Political Relativism

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 11, 2018

News & Features

Showtime’s ‘Escape at Dannemora’ Left Out Torture and Abuse

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by Katie Rose Quandt

January 10, 2019

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Can Architects Help End Solitary Confinement?

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by Nicole Capozziello

November 29, 2021

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Seven Days in Solitary [8/31/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 1, 2020

News & Features

No End to U.S. Torture

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

January 22, 2010

News & Features

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

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by Jean Casella

October 14, 2014

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