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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. • Capital Public Radio reports on court hearings in Sacramento, CA, where U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton of Sacramento decided that people with mental illness on death row and in […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Constitution

Seven Days in Solitary [12/22/13]

Voices from Solitary: Life in H-Unit, ADX Federal Supermax

After 41 Years in Solitary, a Dying Herman Wallace Has His Conviction Overturned—-and Is Freed

Federal Appeals Court Considers Tommy Silverstein’s 30 Years in Extreme Solitary Confinement

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

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

Voices from Solitary: 13.5 Square Feet

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

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

Louisiana Attorney General Says Angola 3 “Have Never Been Held in Solitary Confinement”

New Mexico Man Gets $15.5 Million for His Two-Year Ordeal in Solitary

Guarding the Fortresses: How Prison Policies Limit Media Access to Solitary Confinement

Journalists Barred from Prison Isolation Units

State Bar Association Calls on New York to “Profoundly Restrict” Its Use of Solitary Confinement

Indiana’s Treatment of Mentally Ill Prisoners in Solitary Confinement Violates Constitution

NYCLU Files Suit Challenging Solitary Confinement in New York State Prisons

Massachusetts Court Rules Against Solitary Confinement Without Due Process

Federal Government Seeks Dismissal of Supermax Suicide Lawsuit

Mumia Abu-Jamal Challenges Death Row Solitary Confinement and Life Without Parole

California Justice: Three Strikes and Sixteen Years in Solitary

Judge Rules Against Colorado Supermax That Keeps Prisoners Indoors for Years

Federal Prisons Chief Sends Memo Urging Prisoners Not to Kill Themselves

Guantanamo “Is Not an Aberration”: How the War on Terror Came Home

Lawsuit Challenges Conditions at ADX Federal Supermax

Report from Senate Hearing on Solitary Confinement

Now Available: Collection of Written Testimony for Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on Solitary Confinement

Pelican Bay Prisoners File Lawsuit Against Long-Term Isolation

Montana Prisoners with Mental Illness Suffer in Solitary Confinement

Federal Judge Criticizes Supermax Confinement in Colorado