Solitary Confinement Archives - Page 11 of 37

Solitary Confinement

The following comes from Steven Jay Russell, who is currently serving a 144-year sentence at the all-solitary Allan B. Polunsky Unit in Texas. Notorious for masterminding four successful, non-violent escapes from Texas correctional facilities, his story is recounted in the movie I Love You Phillip Morris. Russell, who has been held in administrative segregation for nearly two decades, is the first person in U.S. history […]

Voices from Solitary

Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary: The Life of an Escape Artist

Seven Days in Solitary [12/07/2014]

UN Committee on Torture Says U.S. Must Reform Its Use of Solitary Confinement

Fates Worse Than Death?

Seven Days in Solitary [11/30/2014]

Working from the Inside Out

Seven Days in Solitary [11/23/2014]

After 42 Years in Solitary Confinement, Will the Angola 3’s Albert Woodfox Be a Free Man?

UN Committee on Torture Questions U.S. Record on Solitary Confinement

Seven Days in Solitary [11/16/2014]

Voices from Solitary: Is It Normal to Think That?

On Trial for Protesting Conditions in Solitary Confinement: The Case of the Dallas 6

Seven Days in Solitary [11/09/2014]

Voices from Solitary: Is “Torture” Too Strong of a Word?

“A Girl Hung Herself Yesterday”: Deaths in Custody at California Institution for Women

Seven Days in Solitary [11/2/2014]

Voices from Solitary: The Heaviness of Blood

Settlement to Improve Arizona’s Prison Health Care, Limit Use of Solitary Confinement

Seven Days in Solitary [10/26/2014]

Pope Francis Denounces Solitary Confinement, Calls for Prison Conditions That “Respect Human Dignity”

Voices from Solitary: Survivors Speak

Seven Days in Solitary [10/19/2014]

Voices from Solitary: Freedom Shares My Cell

U.S. Government Tells UN: “No Systematic Use of Solitary Confinement in the United States”

Seven Days in Solitary [10/12/2014]

Voices from Solitary: A Mouse and a Murderer

Seven Days in Solitary [10/5/2014]

In the Story of Jonah, an Urgent Lesson About the Dangers of Solitary Confinement

On Rikers Island, an End to the Solitary Confinement of Children