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The following roundup features noteworthy news, reports and opinions on solitary confinement from the past week that have not been covered in other Solitary Watch posts. • Reporting on the 1972 trial of Herman Wallace, the outcome of which landed him in solitary confinement for over four decades, The Atlantic writes on the meaning of Wallace’s life […]

Seven Days in Solitary

California

Seven Days in Solitary [9/29/13]

California Prison Hunger Strike Ends After 60 Days

Day 59 of California Prison Hunger Strike: “Their Spirits Are High, Their Bodies Are Weak”

A Month in Solitary [8/31/13]

UN: Solitary Confinement in the U.S. Can Be Torture, Force-Feeding Unacceptable

California Prison Hunger Strikers to Be Force-Fed

Day 41 of California Hunger Strike: CDCR Still Insists It’s A Gang Power Play

Voices from Solitary: The Torture Chamber

Day 39 of California Prison Hunger Strike: Governor Jerry Brown Remains Silent

Day 36 of California Hunger Strike: Hundreds Still Protesting Isolation Policies

Calipatria Hunger Striker: “Putting Everything On The Line For Dignity”

30 Days of Hunger Striking, California Prisons Chief Insists It’s “Gang Power Play”

Hundreds Still on Hunger Strike in California Prisons As Situation Becomes Increasingly Dire

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

Seven Days in Solitary [7/28/13]

California Prison Hunger Strike: “It’s an Absolute Madhouse”

Seven Days in Solitary [7/21/13]

California Prison Officials Retaliating Against Hunger Strikers

Thousands of California Prisoners, One Hunger Strike, One Week

Voices from Solitary: This Place Is Nothing More Than a Torture Chamber

Faces and Voices of the California Prison Hunger Strike

As 30,000 Join California Prison Hunger Strike, Corrections Officials Issue Guidelines on Starvation

California Prisoners Launch New Hunger Strike to Protest Solitary Confinement

Fourteen Days in Solitary [7/7/13]

Women in California Prison Isolation Units Face Overcrowding and Despair

“Systemic Failures Persist” in California Prison Mental Health Care, Judge Rules

Voices from Solitary: Parts of My Mind Did Not Survive

Judge Rules California Solitary Confinement Lawsuit Should Have Its Day in Court

Voices from Solitary: “Where Cold, Quiet and Emptiness Come Together”