Solitary Confinement

Producer Claire Schoen meets with nine formerly incarcerated persons about their experiences in solitary confinement.

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 …

‘Sadly, this institution wants to break as many ties and bonds to family and community as it can,’ writes Danny Troxell.

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

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

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

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

Earlier this week, on Wednesday, May 8, lawyers for Russell ‘Maroon’ Shoatz filed a federal lawsuit regarding his placement in solitary confinement for over 22 consecutive years. The written complaint, directed …

The US criminal justice system has transformed into a tool of the national security state.

Tamms Prison in Illinois, which helped spur a nationwide movement against