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Jan 16, 2013

In California, an End to the Absolutely Devastating Practice of Locking Kids in Isolation in Juvenile Facilities May Be In Sight

In California, an End to the Absolutely Devastating Practice of Locking Kids in Isolation in Juvenile Facilities May Be In Sight

Jan 9, 2013

A Misguided Ruling in the WikiLeaks Case: 23 Hours a Day Alone in a Cell is Always Solitary Confinement

A Misguided Ruling in the WikiLeaks Case: 23 Hours a Day Alone in a Cell is Always Solitary Confinement

Jan 4, 2013

Refusing to Disappear: Prisoners at Tamms and their Families Conducted a Sustained Advocacy Campaign to Shut this Supermax Down

Refusing to Disappear: Prisoners at Tamms and their Families Conducted a Sustained Advocacy Campaign to Shut this Supermax Down

Jan 4, 2013

Tamms Supermax Prison, with its Inhumane and Ridiculously Expensive Solitary Confinement Practices, is Officially a Thing of the Past!

Tamms Supermax Prison, with its Inhumane and Ridiculously Expensive Solitary Confinement Practices, is Officially a Thing of the Past!

Dec 31, 2012

Lives Lost in 2012: Who Did We Kill?

Lives Lost in 2012: Who Did We Kill?

Dec 21, 2012

Did President Obama Just Open the Window to Smart Criminal Justice Reform?

Did President Obama Just Open the Window to Smart Criminal Justice Reform?

Dec 21, 2012

VICTORY! Henderson et al. v. Thomas et al.

VICTORY! Henderson et al. v. Thomas et al.

Dec 21, 2012

There is so Much More to us Than Just Being HIV-Positive

There is so Much More to us Than Just Being HIV-Positive

Dec 18, 2012

UN Prisoners’ Rights Meeting: US Puts the Brakes on Progress

UN Prisoners’ Rights Meeting: US Puts the Brakes on Progress

Dec 18, 2012

Falling Behind: The Human Rights Implications of Solitary Confinement in the United States

Falling Behind: The Human Rights Implications of Solitary Confinement in the United States