Maine Legislature Votes to Study Solitary Confinement Practices--But Not to...
Everyone concerned with solitary confinement has been closely watching a landmark effort in the Maine state legislature to pass a bill that would have significantly limited the practice in state...
View ArticleFilm Documents the Angola 3's 100+ Years of Solitude
Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox in the early 1970s. Photo from "In the Land of the Free..." In the Land of the Free…a documentary about the Angola 3, makes its American premiere at the Human Rights...
View Article"I Spent 29 Years in Solitary Confinement"
Angola 3 member Robert King describes his experience in The Guardian. Some excerpts: It was a dimly lit box, 9ft by 6ft, with bars at the front facing on to the bare cement walls of a long corridor....
View ArticleCongressional Briefing on Solitary Confinement to Take Place This Week
For the first time, members of Congress will sponsor a Capitol Hill briefing on the use and abuse of solitary confinement in U.S. prison and jails. Sponsors include John Conyers, Ranking Member on the...
View ArticleAngola 3 Mark 39 Years in Solitary Confinement
Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox have entered their 40th year in solitary confinement in the Louisiana prison system. A series of events in New Orleans last month marked the 39th “anniversary” of...
View ArticleSeven Days in Solitary [12/14/2014]
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. • According to a lawsuit filed...
View ArticleSeven Days in Solitary [4/23/2017]
• An article published on Newsweek charts recent scientific research into how solitary confinement affects the brain. As Angola 3 member Robert King has said, “I can tell you from experience: If you’ve...
View ArticleSeven Days in Solitary [11/4/18]
• This week, a federal judge ruled that the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) has failed to uphold a 2016 settlement that mandated at least eight hours of out-of-cell time per week for people...
View ArticleSeven Days in Solitary [11/11/18]
• According to the Chicago Reporter, the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center in Chicago increased its use of solitary confinement on children by nearly 25 percent from 2016 to 2017, despite...
View ArticleSeven Days in Solitary [4/1/19]
• Democracy Now! interviewed Albert Woodfox, who spent over 44 years in solitary confinement in Louisiana after being wrongfully convicted of a prison guard’s murder. Woodfox discussed his recently...
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