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Even in the context of a nation in lockdown, the state of Colorado stands out for the sheer number and visibility of its supermax prison facilities. Colorado is home to the federal government’s most famous supermax, the United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility, commonly known as ADX. The nearby Colorado State Penitentiary (CSP) has a 750-man […]

Voices from Solitary

Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary: Supermaxed Out in Colorado

“Never in the Civilised World Have So Many Been Locked Up for So Little”

WikiLeaks Suspect Faces Long Stay in Pretrial Solitary Confinement

Prison Heat: Hunger Strike Highlights Summer’s Deadly Toll on U.S. Inmates

Montana Teen Who Faced Torture in Prison Asks Judge to Keep Him Out of Solitary

Judge Rules Procedures at Tamms Supermax Violate Constitution

The Puppy Protection Act and the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act

“Torture Memo” Author Says He Authorized Waterboarding, But Not “Extended Solitary Confinement”

A Supermax Prisoner’s Film from Hell

Clarence Thomas “Outraged” by Treatment of His Nephew, But Condones the Same for Thousands of Others

LGBT Kids in Prison Face Rape, Beatings, and Isolation

Celebrities in Solitary: Lindsay Lohan Goes to Lockdown

Russian “Spy” Anna Chapman Chose Deportation Over Solitary Confinement

Voices from the “Torture Chambers”: Solitary Confinement and Political Repression

The Prisoner’s Catch-22

Louisiana Jail Locks Up Suicidal Prisoners in 3′ x 3′ Cages

U.S. Supermax Prisons Are Challenged in the European Court of Human Rights–and Lose the First Round

Alaska Teen Spends 17-Months in Pre-Trial Solitary Confinement

Two for One: Guantanamo Won’t Close, But Illinois Supermax Will Open

Voices from Solitary: Life in a Pennsylvania Prison’s “Restricted Housing Unit”

Voices from Solitary: Oscar Wilde’s Cry from the Depths

Two Clinton Era Laws That Allow Cruel and Unusual Punishment (Redux)

What the War on Terror Owes to the War on Crime (Redux)

Court Rules Against Angola 3’s Albert Woodfox: No End in Sight to 38 Years in Solitary Confinement

Our Father Who Art in Prison

Voices from Solitary: Ray Luc Levasseur on Life in ADX

Prisoner Sent to Solitary Based on Reading Materials

Film Documents the Angola 3’s 100+ Years of Solitude

No Evidence of National Reduction in Solitary Confinement