Connecticut Votes to Replace the Death Penalty with Life in Solitary Confinement
Late yesterday, the Connecticut Assembly passed legislation to bring an end to the state’s future use of the death penalty. The governor has promised to sign the legislation, making Connecticut the...
View ArticleVoices from Solitary: “No Human Being Should Be Treated This Way”
The following is an excerpt from testimony submitted by the ACLU of Connecticut on behalf of Malcolm Raheem to the recent Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on solitary confinement. Raheem spent...
View ArticleVoices from Solitary: "Extradition"
Today we arrive in London, where on Thursday we will speak at a forum entitled “Extradited to a Future of Torture: The Reality of Solitary Confinement in America.” Hosted by the International State...
View ArticleSeven Days in Solitary [12/15/13]
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. • Alan Prendergast reports in...
View ArticleSeven Days in Solitary [4/20/14]
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. • April 17 marked Albert...
View ArticleSeven Days in Solitary [5/18/14]
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. • The New York Times published...
View ArticleSeven Days in Solitary [7/26/2015]
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. • North Carolina reached a $2.5...
View ArticleSeven Days in Solitary [9/20/2015]
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. • The New York Times outlined a...
View ArticleSeven Days in Solitary [11/22/2015]
• An incarcerated journalist and survivor of solitary, Christopher Zoukis, reflects on his experiences for the Huffington Post. • According to the New York Daily News, NYC has agreed to pay $3.8...
View ArticleSeven Days in Solitary [01/01/2017]
• The Charlotte Observer published a series of articles about the placement of youth in solitary in North Carolina’s jails, including one article that focused on the isolation of 16 and 17 year olds...
View ArticleSeven Days in Solitary [04/02/2017]
• Prison officers at the Tecumseh State Prison in Nebraska are concerned that the “soft” treatment of people on the inside, including a reduction in the use of solitary confinement, is putting the...
View ArticleSeven Days in Solitary [4/9/2017]
• The NPR show “Hidden Brain” interviewed UC Irvine criminology professor Keramet Reiter about what happens to the mind in isolation. “Reiter says inmates living in isolation crave things we might take...
View ArticleSeven Days in Solitary [6/11/2017]
• The Federal Bureau of Prisons has systematically violated the Eighth Amendment rights of people with mental health issues locked up at Lewisburg prison in Pennsylvania, according to a lawsuit filed...
View ArticleSeven Days in Solitary [08/13/2017]
• Six people locked up at a maximum-security prison in Arkansas stole keys from guards and took control of an area of the facility. The incident was eventually resolved without “major injuries.” •...
View ArticleSeven Days in Solitary [11/5/17]
• In an article in The Conversation, a clinical psychologist who has conducted neuroscience research in a Connecticut state prison points out that solitary confinement “can lead to hallucinations,...
View ArticleSeven Days in Solitary [11/26/17]
• The Salem News reported that in Massachusetts, where individuals can currently be kept in solitary confinement for up to 10 years, the House and Senate have both approved a criminal justice bill that...
View ArticleSeven Days in Solitary [12/3/17]
• The Connecticut Law Tribune reported the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to reverse the $62,650 reparations originally awarded to Almighty Supreme Born Allah, a man from...
View ArticleSeven Days in Solitary [12/31/17]
• KAUZ Channel 6 reported that 48 individuals held in solitary confinement at the James Allred Unit in Iowa Park, Texas, have begun refusing meals in a hunger strike against conditions at the prison....
View ArticleSeven Days in Solitary [9/30/18]
• As Dr. Christine Blasey Ford faced attacks and death threats for publicly accusing Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, Victoria Law published an article in Truthout highlighting the punishment,...
View ArticleSeven Days in Solitary [4/8/19]
• According to WBRC, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released their investigation of the Alabama Department of Corrections, which found “violations are severe, systemic, and exacerbated by serious...
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