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Psychological Effects

The following was submitted to Solitary Watch by Michael Jewell, who was sentenced to death in Texas for capital murder in 1970 and spent three years in solitary confinement as a death row prisoner. His sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in 1973 following the 1972 Supreme Court ruling in Furman v. Georgia, which prohibited […]

Voices from Solitary

Psychological Effects

Voices from Solitary: What Solitary Confinement Does to the Mind

Utah Supermax Prisoners Report Being “Treated Like an Animal”

Scarred by Solitary: Experiencing Prison Isolation As a Kid

New Article in Fortune News: “Suffering in Solitary”

Feds to Open New Supermax Prison Cells at “Gitmo North”

“Sick and in Solitary” on Rikers Island

Voices from Solitary: Suffering at the Hands of Other Human Beings

State Bar Association Calls on New York to “Profoundly Restrict” Its Use of Solitary Confinement

As California Implements Some Solitary Confinement Reforms, Prisoners Remain Skeptical

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

Voices from Solitary: Art from Tennessee’s Death Row

Suicide in Solitary: The Life and Death of Armando Cruz (Part 2)

Suicide in Solitary: The Life and Death of Armando Cruz (Part 1)

Indiana’s Treatment of Mentally Ill Prisoners in Solitary Confinement Violates Constitution

The End of Tamms Supermax

Voices from Solitary: Haunted by Memory’s Ghosts

Profile of an ADX Prisoner: “Just Half Crazy And Trying To Hold On To The Other Half”

NYCLU Files Suit Challenging Solitary Confinement in New York State Prisons

Bradley Manning’s Torture in Solitary Confinement Is Subject of Pre-Trial Hearing

New from Solitary Watch: “Solitary 101” PowerPoint Presentation

Bonnie Kerness: Pioneer in the Struggle Against Solitary Confinement

Solitary Confinement in North Carolina

“Millennium Bomber,” Scarred by 12 Years in Solitary, Is Sentenced to 37 More

“I Write, Read, Cry, Sleep and Beg for Death”: Life In Utah’s Supermax

“Waiting For The World To Give Us A Reason To Live”: Solitary Confinement in Utah

Voices from Solitary: “It Has Zapped Me Of My Personality”

Prisoner at Corcoran State Prison Commits Suicide in Solitary

Former Hostage in Iran Reports on Solitary Confinement in California

Kids in Solitary Confinement: America’s Official Child Abuse