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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. • The Queens Chronicle reports on efforts by activists and New York City Council Members to increase transparency and and place stricter limits on the use of solitary confinement in […]

Seven Days in Solitary

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Seven Days in Solitary [4.27.13]

“Systemic Failures Persist” in California Prison Mental Health Care, Judge Rules

Judge Rules California Solitary Confinement Lawsuit Should Have Its Day in Court

Voices from Solitary: “Where Cold, Quiet and Emptiness Come Together”

California Assembly Reviews Solitary Confinement Policies As Prisoners Threaten New Hunger Strike

As California Implements Some Solitary Confinement Reforms, Prisoners Remain Skeptical

California Prisoners Launch New Hunger Strike on October 10th

Amnesty International Releases Report Condemning California Prison Isolation Units

New York Prisoner Gets Five Years in Solitary for Cell Phone Smuggled in by Guard

Suicide in Solitary: The Death of Alex Machado

Voices from Solitary: Can’t You Hear Us?

Voices from Solitary: “The SHU Is California’s Equivalent of Waterboarding”

Pelican Bay Prisoners File Lawsuit Against Long-Term Isolation

Prisoners in Solitary Confinement in California Respond to Prison Policy Reforms

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

NYCLU to Host Meeting on Solitary Confinement in New York State

California Considers New Rules for Solitary Confinement in State Prisons

California Bill Would Increase Media Access to Prisoners

Voices from Solitary: Message from the Father of a California Prison Hunger Striker

Voices from Solitary: “There Must Never Be A Time When We Fail To Protest”

California Department of Corrections Threatens Prison Hunger Strikers, Bans Lawyers

Voices from Solitary: The “Life Negating Emptiness” of the Pelican Bay SHU

The Truth About Solitary Confinement in California

“Where Punishment Becomes Torture”: Testimony of Dorsey Nunn on Solitary Confinement

“Pawns in a Failed Experiment”: Testimony of Dr. Craig Haney on Solitary Confinement

Historic California Assembly Hearing on Solitary Confinement

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

Report from Panel Discussion on Prison Isolation Units

Suicide and Solitary Confinement in New York State Prisons