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Brandon Green is imprisoned in Uinta 1, a supermax unit at the Utah State Prison in Draper. His writings appear on a blog created for him by Utah Prison Watch. In this piece, he challenges readers to imagine what is like to live in solitary confinement, as he vividly describes the physical and psychological deterioration that […]

Voices from Solitary

Suicide

Voices from Solitary: “Home Sweet Home”

Teen Held in Solitary in Tennessee Jail Because He Can’t Make Bail

How to Create Madness in Prison

Cash-Strapped California to Spend $500 Million for New “Condemned Inmate Complex” (Death Row)

Life and Death in Pennsylvania’s Solitary Confinement Cells

Solitary Confinement Is a “Challenge for Medical Ethics”

“Epidemic” of Suicides in Massachusetts Prisons

Private Prison Giant GEO Faces Fallout from Texas Prison Riots

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

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

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

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

The End of Mississippi’s Notorious Supermax Unit

Oregon Converts Supermax Unit to Treat Prisoners With Mental Illness

Richard Ross Photographs Children in Solitary Confinement

Supreme Court Decision Limits Juvenile Life Without Parole (Within Limits)

The Machinery of Death: Some Death Row Prisoners Can Still Opt for Firing Squad (or Electric Chair, Gas Chamber, or Noose)

The Parable of Yarl’s Wood

The Lost Boys of Westchester County’s SHU

Teen Kills Himself After Being Put in Solitary for…Trying to Kill Himself

Dead Man Killing Himself

Most House Republicans Vote to Let Schoolchildren Be Held Down, Tied Up, and Put in Solitary Confinement

Maine’s Solitary Confinement Bill: Another Test of Our Tolerance for Torture

Solitary Confinement Cells Have Become America’s New Asylums

ACLU Calls on U.N. Human Rights Official to Stop Teen’s Torture in Montana Prison

Kids Languish in Solitary While Awaiting Trial in Colorado

Georgia’s Response to Death Row Suicides: Restrict Family Visits

Children in Lockdown: Solitary Confinement of Teens in Adult Prisons

Canada Questions Solitary Confinement After Teenager’s Death