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When asked to describe his experience in solitary confinement in a Florida jail at the age of 16, Henry R. (pseudonym) stated: The only thing left to do is go crazy—just sit and talk to the walls… I catch myself [talking to the walls] every now and again. It’s starting to become a habit because I have […]

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Florida Bill Would Limit Use of Solitary Confinement on Children

Solitary Confinement in Virginia’s Prisons

California Bill Would Increase Media Access to Prisoners

New York State Lawmakers Hold Hearings on Solitary Confinement Reforms, Spike in Prison Suicide Rate

New Video: Charlie and Pauline Sullivan of C.U.R.E.

New Video: ACLU Launches “Stop Solitary” Campaign

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

New Fact Sheet on Solitary Confinement and the Law

“A Form of Torture”: Testimony of Laura Magnani on Solitary Confinement

“Pawns in a Failed Experiment”: Testimony of Dr. Craig Haney on Solitary Confinement

Maine Reduces Use of Solitary Confinement

Maine Cuts Supermax Population, Reforms Solitary Confinement Practices

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

Voices from Solitary: Colorado Department of Corrections in Need of Correction

Colorado Lawmakers Present Weakened Version of Solitary Confinement Bill

No Budget Cuts for Federal Prisons

Solitary Confinement Comes to Capitol Hill

Prisoner Grievances: “The System for Going Up Against the System”

Cruel and Usual: U.S. Solitary Confinement

Prison Rape, the PREA, and the PLRA

Fortresses of Solitude (Part 2)

Fortresses of Solitude (Part 1)

ACLU Takes a Strong Stand Against Solitary Confinement

Bill to Limit Solitary Confinement Introduced in Colorado Legislature

“Smart on Crime” Coalition Declares “Isolated Confinement Is Overused and Harmful”

Children Routinely Held in Pre-Trial Solitary Confinement in Texas

The Colorado Files: Ballot Measure Would Keep Poor Defendants in Jail

Psychiatrists on Solitary Confinement

Pennsylvania Legislators Hold Hearings on Solitary Confinement