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Original Reporting, News & Features on Solitary Confinement from a Nation on Lockdown.

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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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The Prisoner’s Catch-22

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

July 10, 2010

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Louisiana Jail Locks Up Suicidal Prisoners in 3′ x 3′ Cages

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

July 9, 2010

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U.S. Supermax Prisons Are Challenged in the European Court of Human Rights–and Lose the First Round

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 8, 2010

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Alaska Teen Spends 17-Months in Pre-Trial Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 8, 2010

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Two for One: Guantanamo Won’t Close, But Illinois Supermax Will Open

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 6, 2010

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Two Clinton Era Laws That Allow Cruel and Unusual Punishment (Redux)

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 22, 2010

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What the War on Terror Owes to the War on Crime (Redux)

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 22, 2010

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Court Rules Against Angola 3’s Albert Woodfox: No End in Sight to 38 Years in Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

June 22, 2010

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Our Father Who Art in Prison

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by James Ridgeway

June 21, 2010

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Prisoner Sent to Solitary Based on Reading Materials

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

June 16, 2010

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Film Documents the Angola 3’s 100+ Years of Solitude

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

June 15, 2010

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No Evidence of National Reduction in Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 15, 2010

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“Extradition to a Future of Total Isolation” Opposed by British Human Rights Lawyer

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 14, 2010

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The End of Mississippi’s Notorious Supermax Unit

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 12, 2010

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Oregon Converts Supermax Unit to Treat Prisoners With Mental Illness

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 4, 2010

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Lessons from Solitary

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

June 3, 2010

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Super-Secretive Supermax Prisons: Last Day to Register Opposition

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

June 2, 2010

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Richard Ross Photographs Children in Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 21, 2010

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Supreme Court Decision Limits Juvenile Life Without Parole (Within Limits)

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 17, 2010

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Abuse and Cover-Up in California Prisons’ “Behavior Management Units”

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 12, 2010

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Woman Prisoner Sent to Solitary for Reporting Rape by Guard

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 3, 2010

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Live from Death Row: 3,600 Americans Waiting Alone to Die

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

April 15, 2010

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N.J. Prison Abused Inmates During Month-Long Lockdown

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 14, 2010

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Atul Gawande on Solitary Confinement: Our Generation of Americans “Has Countenanced Legalized Torture”

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

April 13, 2010

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Cash-Strapped Colorado Comes Up With Funds for New Supermax

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 11, 2010

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