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Solitary Confinement
A Forest of Poisonous Trees: The US Criminal (In)Justice System
The US criminal justice system has transformed into a tool of the national security state.
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Reform Advocates Celebrate “Supermax” Tamms Prison Closing
Tamms Prison in Illinois, which helped spur a nationwide movement against
European Court Ruling Opens Door for Extradition to Torture Conditions in US Federal Prisons
What is happening to Muslims will happen to the rest of us.
Is Life Without Parole Worse Than Death?
I am an alienist reincarnated, and poetry keeps me sane.
Life Without Parole Is Forever
When you go through those prison gates, you won't come out again except in a body bag.
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Fight Over Closing of Illinois Supermax Ends 14 Years of Prisoners’ Silence in Solitary Confinement
The story of Tamms Correctional Center is the story of what may be the last throes of the supermax movement, and what a campaign against torture accomplished in less …
Pelican Bay Prison: One Year Later, Policy Remains “Debrief or Die“
In the SHU, which comprises half of California's Pelican Bay State Prison, prisoners are locked into their cells for at least 22 hours a day. Over 500 people have …
Prolonged Solitary Confinement on Trial —An Interview With Law Professor Angela A. Allen-Bell
The newly released issue of the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly features an article by Prof. Bell entitled
“Everything Legal Is Not Moral”: Why We’re Taking Solitary Confinement to Court
When legality ceases to resemble its moral roots, it has always been the case that the great mechanisms within our civil society jump into action to regulate, reform and …