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Our latest piece over at Mother Jones concerns an important trial beginning today in Federal District Court in Denver, in which a prisoner with mental illness is challenging more than a decade in solitary confinement in the Colorado State Penitentiary. Also included is background on the groundbreaking work of the University of Denver’s Civil Rights Clinic; on […]

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Solitary Confinement on Trial in Colorado

Torturous Milestone: 40 Years in Solitary for the Angola 3

New Resource: Solitary Confinement FAQ

Prisoners with Mental Illness Suffer — and Die — in Arizona’s Solitary Confinement Cells

Lawsuit Charges Solitary Confinement in Arizona’s Prisons Is Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Decision of Federal Judge Frees Prisoner from Solitary Confinement

Illinois Governor Proposes Closing Controversial Tamms Supermax Prison

New Report Shows Juvenile Lifers Suffering in Solitary Confinement

The Silent, Terrifying World of a Deaf Prisoner

Federal Judge Rules 28 Years in Solitary Confinement Not “Extreme,” Dismisses Silverstein Case

New Video: ACLU Launches “Stop Solitary” Campaign

The Torture of Troy Davis

NYC Bar Association Issues Report on “The Brutality of Supermax Confinement”

New Fact Sheet on Solitary Confinement and the Law

Voices from Solitary: Letter from a Pelican Bay Hunger Striker

Hunger Strike in the Supermax: Pelican Bay Prisoners Protest Conditions in Solitary Confinement

Confronting Torture in U.S. Prisons: A Q&A With Solitary Watch

Doctors Prescribe Cure for “Epidemic of Mass Incarceration”

Solitary Watch Fact Sheet: Psychological Effects of Solitary Confinement

Supreme Court Takes the “Radical” Stance That Prisoners Are Human Beings

America’s Most Isolated Federal Prisoner Describes 10,220 Days in Extreme Solitary Confinement

Report from Panel Discussion on Prison Isolation Units

Prisoner with Mental Illness Locked in Solitary Filth in Private Jail

Growing Resistance to the Solitary Confinement of Bradley Manning

Fortresses of Solitude (Part 2)

Fortresses of Solitude (Part 1)

Case Closed on Supermax Abuses at Pelican Bay

Massachusetts Prison Whistleblower Is Punished and Silenced

Death Row Inmates Sue the FDA Over Execution Drugs