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Robert Lowell called it “man’s lovely, peculiar power to choose life and die”–the ability of human beings to give their lives willingly in service of a cause greater than their individual selves. But the state of California, with the approval of a federal judge, now has license to deny even this last, most desperate human right […]

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Civil Liberties/Civil Rights

California Prison Hunger Strikers to Be Force-Fed

The Use of Isolation in U.S. Prisons: A Human Rights Issue

Why Holder’s Pledge That Snowden “Will Not Be Tortured” Is a Lie

Seven Days in Solitary [7/28/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/21/13]

Members of Congress Call for Investigation of Louisiana’s Use of Solitary Confinement, Treatment of Angola 3

Fourteen Days in Solitary [7/7/13]

Angola 3’s Herman Wallace, Gravely Ill, Still Held in Isolation

Voices from Solitary: 13.5 Square Feet

Seven Days in Solitary [6/16/13]

Records Show Excessive Use of Force at Colorado Supermax

U.S. DOJ Documents Torturous Treatment in Pennsylvania Solitary Confinement Unit

Seven Days in Solitary [6/9/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/2/13]

Measure to Limit Solitary Confinement Advances in Senate Immigration Bill

Deaf Prisoners in Florida Face Abuse and Solitary Confinement

Federal Lawsuit Challenges Brutality in Solitary Confinement Unit at North Carolina Prison

Voices from Solitary: “Extradition”

Seven Days in Solitary [5/12/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/4/13]

The Ten Worst Prisons in America

Russell Maroon Shoatz: Resisting the “Spiritual Death” of Solitary Confinement

Judge Refuses to Dismiss Federal Supermax Lawsuits

Seven Days in Solitary [4.20.13]

To See or Not to See: Capturing Herman Wallace’s 41 Years in Solitary

Twenty Years After the Lucasville Uprising, Trying to Tell the Story

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

Seven Days in Solitary [4.12.13]

Voices from Solitary: The Louder My Voice the Deeper They Bury Me