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In June 2012, a federal lawsuit was filed by eleven prisoners at the United States Penitentiary, Administrative Maximum Facility (ADX Florence) against the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). The facility houses approximately 450 men from across the country in solitary confinement units. The lawsuit alleges that inmates diagnosed with mental illnesses are denied constitutionally adequate […]

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Inside ADX Supermax: “A Bloody Nightmare”

Seven Days in Solitary [9/8/13]

California Prison Hunger Strike Ends After 60 Days

Day 59 of California Prison Hunger Strike: “Their Spirits Are High, Their Bodies Are Weak”

A Month in Solitary [8/31/13]

UN: Solitary Confinement in the U.S. Can Be Torture, Force-Feeding Unacceptable

Voices from Solitary: Everyone Needs a Friend

Voices from Solitary: The Torture Chamber

Pat Nolan’s Evangelical Prison Reform

The Use of Isolation in U.S. Prisons: A Human Rights Issue

Suicide of California Hunger Strike Participant Draws National Attention to a Broken System

Why Holder’s Pledge That Snowden “Will Not Be Tortured” Is a Lie

Voices from Solitary: American Supermax

We Are One Body: Catholics Raise Voices Against Solitary Confinement

What Solitary Confinement Does to the Brain

Fourteen Days in Solitary [7/7/13]

Women in California Prison Isolation Units Face Overcrowding and Despair

Angola 3’s Herman Wallace, Gravely Ill, Still Held in Isolation

Solitary Watch Print Edition

Voices from Solitary: 13.5 Square Feet

Seven Days in Solitary [6/16/13]

Records Show Excessive Use of Force at Colorado Supermax

Voices from Solitary: “Death Row Diary” of Florida Man Scheduled to Die Tonight

Suicide in Solitary: A Mother Remembers Her Son

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

Seven Days in Solitary [6/9/13]

Board of Correction Votes Against Limiting Solitary Confinement in New York City Jails

Voices from Solitary: The Loneliest Place in the World

GAO Report Questions Widespread Use of Solitary Confinement in Federal Prisons