Solitary Confinement Archives - Page 8 of 37

Solitary Confinement

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. • Journalist Raven Rakia explores the class-action lawsuit filed in June against the Illinois Department of Corrections, which alleges that the state’s use of solitary confinement violates the Constitution. Allan Mills of […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Solitary Confinement

Seven Days in Solitary [8/16/2015]

Prison Watchdog Says Solitary Confinement in Canada Is “Out of Control”

Seven Days in Solitary [8/9/2015]

Can International Laws and Standards Help Curb Solitary Confinement in the United States?

Voices from Solitary: A Second-by-Second Attack on Your Soul

Seven Days in Solitary [8/2/2015]

British Supreme Court Rules Against Unlawful Use of Prolonged Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary: Segregation Medical

Seven Days in Solitary [7/26/2015]

UN Human Rights Experts (Again) Push for Access to U.S. Prisons, Call for Solitary Reform

Voices from Solitary: Injury x Insult

Seven Days in Solitary [7/19/2015]

UN’s “Mandela Rules” to Set New International Limits on Solitary Confinement

Obama, in Criminal Justice Speech, Denounces the “Overuse of Solitary Confinement” in U.S. Prisons

Voices from Solitary: Fly in the Ointment

Seven Days in Solitary [7/12/2015]

Kafka and the Debate Over Solitary Confinement

Irish Court Blocks Suspect’s Extradition to U.S., Citing Risk of Solitary Confinement

Seven Days in Solitary [7/5/2015]

After Hunger Strikes, Solitary Reforms Come to California’s Prisons—and Leave Thousands Behind

Will Revamped Prison Regulations Reduce Solitary Confinement in California?

Kalief Browder’s Life and Death Galvanize Action to End Solitary Confinement

Seven Days in Solitary [6/28/2015]

Supreme Court Justice Kennedy Invites Constitutional Challenge of Solitary Confinement

Seven Days in Solitary [6/21/15]

Voices from Solitary: Phantom Souls

Will Lawsuits and Exposés Lead to Reform of Florida’s Brutal Prisons?

Seven Days in Solitary [6/14/2015]

Federal Judge Orders Angola 3’s Albert Woodfox Released After 43 Years in Solitary