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• VICE published a piece on the experiences of people with mental illness in solitary confinement. Journalist Paul Willis quotes the words of ADX prisoner Tommy Silverstein. “The mental anguish of 28 years of solitary confinement is worse than any physical pain I have ever suffered or imagined… The indefiniteness of my confinement makes my mental […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Maine

Seven Days in Solitary [1/7/2016]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/26/2015]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/4/14]

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

Seven Days in Solitary [4/20/14]

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

Seven Days in Solitary [11/10/13]

Video Shows Maine Prisoner with Mental Illness Brutally Subdued by Guards

Journalists Barred from Prison Isolation Units

Solidarity and Solitary: When Unions Clash With Prison Reform

Portrait of a Prison Whistleblower—and His Punishment

New Video: National Religious Campaign Against Torture Takes a Stand on Solitary Confinement

Reducing Solitary Confinement in Maine

Voices from Solitary: Welcome to Supermax

Maine Reduces Use of Solitary Confinement

Maine Cuts Supermax Population, Reforms Solitary Confinement Practices

Prison Myth No. 1: “Prisoners Want to Go Into Solitary Confinement”

Maine Prison Whistleblower Exiled and Isolated

The Brutality of Supermax Confinement

No Charges in Maine Prison Death

Another Suspicious Death in Maine State Prison’s Lockdown Unit

Maine Legislature Votes to Study Solitary Confinement Practices–But Not to Change Them

A Suspicious (and Lonely) Death in Maine State Prison’s Lockdown Unit

Maine’s Solitary Confinement Bill: Another Test of Our Tolerance for Torture