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Mental Illness

• 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

Mental Illness

Seven Days in Solitary [1/7/2016]

Agreement Will Reduce Solitary Confinement of Mentally Ill in Oregon Prisons

Legal Settlement Demands Better Mental Health Care, Less Solitary Confinement in Illinois Prisons

With Sons in Solitary, Mothers Fight for Their Freedom—and Their Lives

Judged Incompetent to Stand Trial, People with Mental Illness Still Languish in Pennsylvania Jails

Voices from Solitary: We Are All Animals

Lawsuit Charges Delaware Prison System With Neglect and Solitary Confinement of Mentally Ill

Report Blasts Conditions at District of Columbia Jail

Seven Days in Solitary [8/9/2015]

Will Lawsuits and Exposés Lead to Reform of Florida’s Brutal Prisons?

New Report Highlights 10 Destructive Myths About Solitary Confinement

New Report Documents Brutal Treatment of People with Mental Illness in U.S. Prisons and Jails

A Fortnight in Solitary [5/17/2015]

Voices from ADX: Living “Inside America’s Toughest Prison”

Officials, Advocates Call for Restrictions on Solitary Confinement in Wisconsin

Seven Days in Solitary [3/15/2015]

Seven Days in Solitary [3/8/2015]

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

In Canada, a Death in Prison Sparks Debate, Lawsuits Over Solitary Confinement

New Report Documents the “Waste, Cost and Harm” of Solitary Confinement in Texas

Voices from Solitary: Cycle of Despair

Controversy Erupts at Public Meeting on New Rikers Island Isolation Units

Corrections Officer Found Guilty in Death in a Rikers Island Solitary Cell

Under Fire for Negligence, North Carolina Prisons Chief Seeks New Mental Health Funding

Arizona Opens New $50M Supermax Prison; Report Denounces State’s Use of Solitary

Voices from Solitary: The Life of an Escape Artist

Voices from Solitary: Is “Torture” Too Strong of a Word?

“A Girl Hung Herself Yesterday”: Deaths in Custody at California Institution for Women

Voices from Solitary: The Heaviness of Blood