Prison

Paul Redd, a plaintiff in the Center for Constitutional Rights lawsuit challenging long-term solitary confinement, was sent to the SHU for political organizing. He talks about being cut off …

Attorney Michael Ratner on the 30,000 California prisoners on hunger-strike and their solidarity with prisoners from Guantanamo Bay to the occupied territories of Palestine.

Suffering from severe medical problems, 71-year-old George Ruiz is challenging long-term solitary confinement.

Prisoners in Pelican Bay State Prison's Security Housing Unit (SHU) are isolated for at least twenty-two and a half hours a day in cramped, concrete, windowless cells. They are …

Luis Esquivel: 'We want an opportunity to be able to live again, have a visit with our loved ones, give them a hug, shake their hand, like a human …

Todd Ashker describes how solitary confinement at Pelican Bay prison deprived him of any relationship with his mother.

Adam Hudson: Despite potential closing of Gitmo prison, the culture of indefinite detention is institutionalized in the military.

Working with the Center for Constitutional Rights, Truthout offers a series of profiles of prisoners on hunger strike at Pelican Bay.

On December 18th 2012, Carlos Riley Jr. was dropping off his girlfriend around 10AM when he stopped to speak with an acquaintance. Shortly after, Durham police officer Kelly A. …

A prisoner on hunger strike in California shares his story of years spent in isolation.