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David Casper is serving a long sentence for armed robbery at Nevada’s Ely State Prison. He has made two unsuccessful escape attempts, which earned him a place in solitary confinement. According to his blog, maintained by friends on the outside, “I have actually been in Solitary Confinement for this last six years (since 2007) but […]

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Voices from Solitary: From a Nevada Hole

Former Rikers Island Chaplain Speaks Out Against Growth of Solitary Confinement

Mothers with Sons in Solitary Tell Their Stories

Children Spend Months in Solitary Confinement in Texas Jails

Families of California Prisoners Respond to Controversial Reforms of Solitary Confinement

Torturous Milestone: 40 Years in Solitary for the Angola 3

“Complete Lawlessness” at Orleans Parish Prison

40 Years in Solitary: New BBC Program on the Angola 3 Case

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

California Prisoners in Solitary Confinement Petition the UN to Intervene

Family of California Prisoner Who Died on Hunger Strike Speaks Out

Voices from Solitary: “The Isolated Prisoner”

Conflicting Reports on Hunger Strike at California’s Corcoran State Prison

UN Torture Investigator Calls on Nations to End Solitary Confinement

Federal Judge Rules 28 Years in Solitary Confinement Not “Extreme,” Dismisses Silverstein Case

Roundup of Testimony from California Assembly Hearing on Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary: “Beyond Inhumane”

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

Illinois Prisoner Says Years of Solitary Confinement Caused Mental Illness, Self-Mutilation

“Give Us in Here the Strength to See This Thing Through”: A Chronicle of the Pelican Bay Hunger Strike

“God’s Own Warden”: Inside Angola Prison

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

Starving in Solitary: California Prison Hunger Strikers’ Health Declines, But State Will Not Negotiate

Hunger Strike in the Supermax: Pelican Bay Prisoners Protest Conditions in Solitary Confinement

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

Voices from Solitary: The Meaning of “Life”

Doctors Prescribe Cure for “Epidemic of Mass Incarceration”

Amnesty International Calls for Angola 3’s Release from 40 Years of Solitary Confinement

Mentally Ill Inmate Starves to Death in Utah Jail