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The following roundup features noteworthy news, reports and opinions on solitary confinement from the past week that have not been covered in other Solitary Watch posts. • Alan Prendergast reports in Westword that the Colorado Department of Corrections has directed its wardens to stop sending people with mental illness to solitary confinement. (Look for more […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Pennsylvania

Seven Days in Solitary [12/15/13]

Suicide in Solitary: A Mother Remembers Her Son

U.S. DOJ Documents Torturous Treatment in Pennsylvania Solitary Confinement Unit

Russell Maroon Shoatz: Resisting the “Spiritual Death” of Solitary Confinement

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

Guarding the Fortresses: How Prison Policies Limit Media Access to Solitary Confinement

Twelve Years in Solitary, and “Still in Illegal Limbo”

Pennsylvania Lawmakers Hear Testimony on the Torture of Solitary Confinement

Mumia Abu-Jamal Challenges Death Row Solitary Confinement and Life Without Parole

Pennsylvania Legislators to Hold Hearing on Solitary Confinement

Pennsylvania Prisoner Commits Suicide in Isolation Unit

Voices from Solitary: Surviving the “Prison Within a Prison”

New Video: “Solitary Confinement: The Season of Sorrow”

Death in Pennsylvania Solitary Confinement Cell Raises Questions

Voices from Solitary: High Tech Brutality

Solitary Confinement Leads to Suffering and Suicide in Pennsylvania’s Prisons

Voices from Solitary: “Thoughts of Freedom Running Wild in My Head”

“A Time to Speak Up”: Prisoner Freed After a Decade in Solitary Confinement in Pennsylvania

New Video: Daughter of Russell Maroon Shoats, Held in Solitary Confinement for Nearly 30 Years

How Many Prisoners Are in Solitary Confinement in the United States?

Mumia Abu-Jamal Moved Off Death Row–and into Solitary Confinement

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

Pennsylvania Prisoners Charged with Rioting After Protesting Conditions in Solitary

Abu Ghraib on the Allegheny: Sexual and Physical Abuse at Pennsylvania Prison

Voices from Solitary: “Beyond Inhumane”

Native American Activist Leonard Peltier “in the Hellhole” of Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary: “An Insane Asylum Disguised As an SMU”

Report Documents Abuse in Pennsylvania Prison’s Lockdown Unit

Lockdown Fuels “Cycle of Violence” at Federal Prison