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“I write, read, cry, sleep and beg for death.” That is how fifty-six-year-old inmate J., in Utah State Prison, Draper’s Uinta 1 facility describes life in Utah’s isolation units, which houses the state’s death row prisoners in addition to inmates placed there for disciplinary issues. J. has spent six years in Uinta 1, a place […]

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“I Write, Read, Cry, Sleep and Beg for Death”: Life In Utah’s Supermax

“Waiting For The World To Give Us A Reason To Live”: Solitary Confinement in Utah

Extradited to a Future of Torture in a U.S. Supermax Prison

Federal Government Seeks Dismissal of Supermax Suicide Lawsuit

Pennsylvania Legislators to Hold Hearing on Solitary Confinement

“Total Isolation”: Solitary Confinement in Oregon

Voices from Solitary: A Spark in the Dark

Voices from Solitary: “No Human Being Should Be Treated This Way”

Voices from Solitary: “Loneliness Is a Destroyer of Humanity”

A Day in the Life of Three Prisoners in Solitary Confinement

Federal Judge Criticizes Supermax Confinement in Colorado

Prisoners in Solitary Confinement in California Respond to Prison Policy Reforms

Testimony from Hearing on Closure of Tamms Supermax Prison

Families of California Prisoners Respond to Controversial Reforms of Solitary Confinement

European Human Rights Court Rules Terror Suspects Can Be Extradited to U.S. Supermax

Voices from Solitary: “A Terribly Unique Experience”

New Fact Sheet: The High Cost of Solitary Confinement

Beyond Guantánamo, There’s Long-Term Solitary Confinement in U.S. Prisons