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Check out our latest piece over at MotherJones.com, on a new lawsuit filed on behalf of inmates at New Orleans’ main jail. Here are some excerpts: As hellholes go, there are few worse places in America than the Orleans Parish Prison. New Orleans’ teeming city jail first hit the radar of most Americans following Hurricane […]

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“Complete Lawlessness” at Orleans Parish Prison

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

“Cruel Isolation”: Amnesty International Report Blasts Conditions in Arizona’s Prisons

Voices from Solitary: “A Terribly Unique Experience”

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

Leading Mental Health Experts Urge Illinois Legislators to Close Tamms Supermax

Pelican Bay SHU Prisoners Respond to California’s Proposed Prisons Reforms

Solitary Confinement in New York (and in the New York Times)

California Prisoners in Solitary Confinement Petition the UN to Intervene

New Resource: Solitary Confinement FAQ

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

Prisoners with Mental Illness Suffer — and Die — in Arizona’s Solitary Confinement Cells

Lawsuit Charges Solitary Confinement in Arizona’s Prisons Is Cruel and Unusual Punishment

UN Human Rights Council Considers Solitary Confinement in U.S. Prisons

Decision of Federal Judge Frees Prisoner from Solitary Confinement

National and International Events Challenging Use of Solitary Confinement

New Ban on Solitary Confinement for Child Prisoners in Mississippi

Illinois Governor Proposes Closing Controversial Tamms Supermax Prison

Voices from Solitary: “The Isolated Prisoner”

“The Gray Box”: Must-Read Article (Plus Video) on Solitary Confinement in America

Solitary Confinement in Virginia’s Prisons

Now Available: Solitary Watch Print Edition

Voices from Solitary: Christmas in the Hole, 1968

New York State Lawmakers Hold Hearings on Solitary Confinement Reforms, Spike in Prison Suicide Rate

Solitary Confinement on Rikers Island: An Interview with the Prisoners Rights Project

City to Sharply Increase Solitary Confinement on Rikers Island

New Study: Solitary Confinement Overused in Colorado

New Video: UN Torture Expert Juan Mendez on Solitary Confinement

Reducing Solitary Confinement in Maine