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• Sixty-one-year-old Eldon Lee Jackson died at Harris County Jail in Texas this week, one day after being placed in solitary confinement. The Houston Chronicle reported that Jackson, who had a history of threatening suicide, was found unconscious in his cell with a noose around his neck. • The Carrizales-Rucker Detention Center in Cameron County, Texas, […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Corrections Industry

Seven Days in Solitary [7/29/18]

Toxic Traps: Environmental Hazards Threaten Two Federal Supermax Prisons

With New Report, Prison Officials Commit to Reducing Their Use of Solitary Confinement

Report Blasts Conditions at District of Columbia Jail

Kafka and the Debate Over Solitary Confinement

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

Controversy Erupts at Public Meeting on New Rikers Island Isolation Units

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

City’s New Corrections Chief, Known for Solitary Confinement Reforms, Faces Steep Challenges on Rikers

Private Prison Giant CCA Weighs in on Solitary Confinement

Prison Health Care: Is the American Health Profession Ignoring a Human Rights Issue Hiding in Plain Sight?

Seven Days in Solitary [1/26/14]

DC’s Youth Face Solitary Confinement in District Jails and Federal Prisons

Federal Bureau of Prisons Details Plans for Limited “Audit” of Solitary Confinement Practices

In States That “Reduce” Their Use of Solitary Confinement, Suffering Continues for Those Left Behind

Under Fire, Federal Bureau of Prisons Audits Use of Solitary Confinement—and Buys a New Supermax Prison

Seven Days in Solitary [10/13/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/8/13]

Voices from Solitary: American Supermax

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

Fourteen Days in Solitary [7/7/13]

New Video: Dr. Terry Kupers on Solitary Confinement and Mental Health

Opposing the Architecture of Isolation: Architects Against Solitary Confinement

Lawsuit Filed Against Solitary Confinement of 800 “Seriously Mentally Ill” in Pennsylvania

Tracking the Rise of Solitary Confinement in America–and of the Struggle Against It

Solidarity and Solitary: When Unions Clash With Prison Reform

The End of Tamms Supermax

Tamms Supermax: Report Reveals More Guards Than Prisoners, Soaring Costs

Bonnie Kerness: Pioneer in the Struggle Against Solitary Confinement