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Update, June 12, 4:30 pm: The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has decided to continue the stay and block release until the State of Louisiana’s appeal is heard, but they have also granted an “expedited” status for the appeal. Final legal briefs are due August 7, so nearly two more months will pass before Albert Woodfox […]

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Civil Liberties/Civil Rights

Federal Judge Orders Angola 3’s Albert Woodfox Released After 43 Years in Solitary

New Report Documents Brutal Treatment of People with Mental Illness in U.S. Prisons and Jails

Law Aimed at Silencing People Convicted of Crimes Is Declared Unconstitutional

At Ohio’s Supermax Prison, a Hunger Strike Ends But Extreme Isolation Remains

Voices from ADX: Living “Inside America’s Toughest Prison”

Supreme Court Justice Kennedy: “Solitary Confinement Literally Drives Men Mad”

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

In Canada, a Death in Prison Sparks Debate, Lawsuits Over Solitary Confinement

Women in New York State Prisons Face Solitary Confinement and Shackling While Pregnant or Sick

New Report Documents the “Waste, Cost and Harm” of Solitary Confinement in Texas

Solitary Not Yet Over at Rikers, But Advocates Keep Fighting

Civil and Human Rights Groups to Eric Holder: No New Federal Supermax Prison at Thomson

Corrections Officer Found Guilty in Death in a Rikers Island Solitary Cell

Arizona Opens New $50M Supermax Prison; Report Denounces State’s Use of Solitary

After 42 Years in Solitary Confinement, Will the Angola 3’s Albert Woodfox Be a Free Man?

UN Committee on Torture Questions U.S. Record on Solitary Confinement

On Trial for Protesting Conditions in Solitary Confinement: The Case of the Dallas 6

Pope Francis Denounces Solitary Confinement, Calls for Prison Conditions That “Respect Human Dignity”

Voices from Solitary: Survivors Speak

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

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

Pennsylvania Prison System Faces Lawsuit Over Suicide of Young Man with Mental Illness

New York City Officials and Advocates Push for Change to the “Culture of Brutality” on Rikers Island

Civil Rights Groups Demand Change for Transgender Women Held in Solitary in New York’s Prisons

Transgender Women in New York State Prisons Face Solitary Confinement and Sexual Assault

Voices from Solitary: Testimony of a Jailhouse Lawyer

Seven Days in Solitary [7/27/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/20/14]