On AlterNet: solitary confinement

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "solitary confinement"

Mumia Abu-Jamal May Be Off Death Row, But His Torture Continues In the 'Hole'

Hans Bennett, Prison Radio. January 23, 2012.

Bret Grote of the Human Rights Coalition discusses Mumia Abu-Jamal and the crime of solitary confinement.

Confronting Torture in U.S. Prisons: A Q&A With Activists/Journalists James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

Angola 3 News, AlterNet. June 13, 2011.

Ridgeway and Casella, co-founders of Solitary Watch, discuss an upcoming prisoner hunger strike at Pelican Bay State Prison and the inhumane practice of solitary confinement.

Hedges: SAMs -- The Creepy, Inhumane Legal Weapon the State Uses to Break Prisoners

Chris Hedges, Truthdig. June 13, 2011.

The program, renewed by Barack Obama in October, severely isolates the prisoner, cutting them off from family, friends and the outside world.

Americans Face Guantanamo-Like Torture Everyday in a Super-Max Prison Near You

Lance Tapley, Boston Review. January 18, 2011.

To little public outcry, tens of thousands of citizens are being held in horrific conditions in super-harsh, super-maximum security, solitary-confinement prisons.

9 Essential Questions About Bradley Manning and WikiLeaks

Ida Hartmann, AlterNet. January 8, 2011.

Why is Manning kept in solitary confinement? And what role did Assange play in Manning's leaks? We answer these questions and more.

Why Wikileaks Whistleblower Bradley Manning's Solitary Confinement Rivals the Suffering of Physical Torture

Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous, Atul Gawande, Democracy Now!. January 5, 2011.

The physical and psychological effects experienced by people held for extended periods in solitary confinement, says prison expert Dr. Atul Gawande.

WikiLeaks: Locking Up Whistleblower Bradley Manning in Solitary Confinement Puts America's Depravity on Full Display

Lynn Parramore, New Deal 2.0. January 4, 2011.

We as American citizens should not accept torture by our government, and that's what the military is doing to Bradley Manning.

My Brother Faces a Lifetime of Solitary Confinement on a Spurious Terror Conviction

Mariam Abu-Ali, AlterNet. May 12, 2010.

Ahmed Abu Ali is not in a foreign prison or at Guantanamo; he is in a supermax prison in Colorado.

Torture At Home: Documentary On Solitary Confinement in U.S. Prisons Misses the Mark

Alexandra Smith, AlterNet. April 16, 2010.

National Geographic's well-intentioned effort to show the horrors of solitary confinement may have caused more harm than good.

StopMax: The Fight Against Supermax Prisons Heats Up

Jessica Pupovac, AlterNet. August 11, 2008.

With former prisoners and their families at the helm, the movement to abolish supermax prisons and end solitary confinement is gaining ground.

"Angola is Still a Plantation": Fighting Back Against Legacies of Slavery

Jordan Flaherty, Left Turn. June 12, 2008.

At Louisiana's notorious Angola Prison, which sits on a former slave plantation, prisoners are doing more than surviving. They are organizing.

Torture in Our Own Backyards: The Fight Against Supermax Prisons

Jessica Pupovac, AlterNet. March 24, 2008.

In supermax prisons, 23 hours a day of solitary confinement is the norm. How did our prison system become so cruel?

Life in Solitary Confinement: 12,775 Days Alone

Brooke Shelby Biggs, AlterNet. April 17, 2007.

Americans shamefully imagine that spending a life sentence in solitary confinement could only happen in faraway countries. But two men in Louisiana's Angola prison know otherwise.