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Guest Post by Staughton Lynd Staughton Lynd is a lawyer, historian, educator, author, and lifelong activist for peace and justice. For four decades, he and his wife, Alice Lynd, have worked on prisoners’ rights issues, especially in Ohio where they live. The Lynds were of counsel in a landmark 2001 class action suit, Austin v. Wilkinson, which challenged the constitutionality of […]

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Supermax Prisons

Twenty Years After the Lucasville Uprising, Trying to Tell the Story

Opposing the Architecture of Isolation: Architects Against Solitary Confinement

Obama’s 2014 Budget Confirms Plans for “ADX Thomson,” New Federal Supermax Prison

Voices from Solitary: The Louder My Voice the Deeper They Bury Me

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

Video Shows Maine Prisoner with Mental Illness Brutally Subdued by Guards

Seven Days in Solitary [4.4.13]

Voices from Solitary: Parts of My Mind Did Not Survive

Thirty Days in Solitary

The Solitary Connection: Was Clements Suspect Affected by Years in Prison Isolation?

Voices from Solitary: “Suicide Is Preferable to Long-Term Segregation”

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

Lawsuit Filed Against Solitary Confinement of 800 “Seriously Mentally Ill” in Pennsylvania

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

The Hidden History of Solitary Confinement in New Jersey’s Control Units

Guarding the Fortresses: How Prison Policies Limit Media Access to Solitary Confinement

Journalists Barred from Prison Isolation Units

Tracking the Rise of Solitary Confinement in America–and of the Struggle Against It

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

The “Vicious Cycles” Created by Solitary Confinement

Solidarity and Solitary: When Unions Clash With Prison Reform

Voices from Solitary: What Solitary Confinement Does to the Mind

Utah Supermax Prisoners Report Being “Treated Like an Animal”

Feds to Open New Supermax Prison Cells at “Gitmo North”

Federal Bureau of Prisons to Undergo Review of Solitary Confinement Practices

Voices from Solitary: Suffering at the Hands of Other Human Beings

State Bar Association Calls on New York to “Profoundly Restrict” Its Use of Solitary Confinement

As California Implements Some Solitary Confinement Reforms, Prisoners Remain Skeptical

Twelve Years in Solitary, and “Still in Illegal Limbo”