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• On the Last Week Tonight show, John Oliver discussed the alarmingly high rates of coronavirus in prisons and jails across the U.S., as the New York Times reported that the five largest known outbreaks of the virus are in correctional facilities. Oliver explained that prisons and jails are not equipped to handle public health crises and […]

Seven Days in Solitary

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Seven Days in Solitary [6/22/20]

A Watershed Year in the Movement to Stop Solitary Confinement

Seven Days in Solitary [11/11/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/28/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/13/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/10/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/19/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/10/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/13/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/25/18]

Looking Back on Six Years of Leadership Against Solitary Confinement With UN Torture Expert Juan Méndez

UN Report Compares Solitary Confinement Practices in the U.S. and Around the World

Seven Days in Solitary [7/24/2016]

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

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

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

UN Committee on Torture Says U.S. Must Reform Its Use of Solitary Confinement

U.S. Government Tells UN: “No Systematic Use of Solitary Confinement in the United States”

UN Investigator Says Long-Term Solitary Confinement in New York State Prisons Is Torture

UN: Solitary Confinement in the U.S. Can Be Torture, Force-Feeding Unacceptable

Seven Days in Solitary [6/23/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [4.12.13]

At U.N. Prisoners’ Rights Meeting, U.S. Resists Limits on Solitary Confinement

California Prisoners in Solitary Confinement Petition the UN to Intervene

UN Human Rights Council Considers Solitary Confinement in U.S. Prisons

National and International Events Challenging Use of Solitary Confinement

New Video: UN Torture Expert Juan Mendez on Solitary Confinement

UN Torture Investigator Calls on Nations to End Solitary Confinement

Tuesday Night in NYC: Forum on Solitary Confinement Features UN Special Rapporteur on Torture