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The following letter was sent by a hunger striker at California Correctional Institution (CCI) Tehachapi, one of three state prison containing an all-solitary Security Housing Unit (SHU). The letter was written by an SHU inmate to his girlfriend, who forwarded it to Solitary Watch for publication. It is dated July 21, after the writer had been refusing […]

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Letter from a California Prison Hunger Striker

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 24, 2011

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Statements from Human Rights and Civil Rights Groups Support Pelican Bay Hunger Strikers

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 21, 2011

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

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

June 17, 2011

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Solitary Watch Fact Sheet: Psychological Effects of Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 4, 2011

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DSK’s “Tiny” Cell Was Spacious by U.S. Solitary Confinement Standards

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 28, 2011

Voices from Solitary

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

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 30, 2011

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Congressional Briefing on Solitary Confinement to Take Place This Week

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

April 4, 2011

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Isolation Units Within U.S. Prisons: CCR Panel Discussion in San Francisco

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

April 1, 2011

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Growing Resistance to the Solitary Confinement of Bradley Manning

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

March 17, 2011

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More New Resources on Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 13, 2011

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Online Journalism / Social Media Internships at Solitary Watch

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

January 30, 2011

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On Bradley Manning, Solitary Confinement, and Selective Outrage

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

January 2, 2011

James Ridgeway Interviewed on Release of Scott Sisters

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by Jean Casella

December 31, 2010

After 16 Years Behind Bars for an $11 Robbery, the Scott Sisters Will Be Free at Last

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by James Ridgeway

December 29, 2010

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Georgia Prisoners’ Strike: “We locked ourselves down.”

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 13, 2010

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WikiLeakers Held in Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

December 10, 2010

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Solitary Watch to Be Featured at Torture Awareness Campaign

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

November 1, 2010

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Obama and Bureau of Prisons Lowball Supermax Costs

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

October 3, 2010

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Solitary Watch Milestones

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

September 25, 2010

A Chance at Freedom for the Scott Sisters?

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

September 22, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Ara Oshagan Photographs California Juvies

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 4, 2010

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Colorado State Penitentiary II Opens With 300 New Solitary Confinement Cells

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 1, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Supermaxed Out in Colorado

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 1, 2010

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“Never in the Civilised World Have So Many Been Locked Up for So Little”

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

August 1, 2010

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Judge Rules Procedures at Tamms Supermax Violate Constitution

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 21, 2010

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A Supermax Prisoner’s Film from Hell

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by James Ridgeway

July 15, 2010

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Celebrities in Solitary: Lindsay Lohan Goes to Lockdown

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 12, 2010

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Our Father Who Art in Prison

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by James Ridgeway

June 21, 2010

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Film Documents the Angola 3’s 100+ Years of Solitude

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

June 15, 2010

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