The Issues

Legislation: A guide to state legislative models to end the torture of solitary confinement.  Each state faces a different set of circumstances that will shape the legislation that is introduced and/or enacted.

Legal Analysis: Learn more about solitary confinement and the law through legal cases, international law, law journals, and press coverage of lawsuits.

Cost Analysis: "Fact Sheet: The High Cost of Solitary Confinement" by Sal Rodriguez, Solitary Watch, 2011. This fact sheet by Solitary Watch analyzes the high price of solitary confinement and additionally, it provides examples of state savings that have resulted from limiting the use of solitary confinement.

Juveniles in Solitary Confinement: A list of articles and resources pertaining to juveniles in the criminal justice system.

Immigration Detention: A glance at how ICE is using solitary confinement in immigration detention centers.

Alternatives: Learn more about how states have successfully reformed the use of solitary confinement

Mental Health: Resources documenting how solitary confinement exacerbates pre-existing mental illness and causes mental illness

Public Safety: Understand how solitary confinement impacts recidivism rates.

Survivors: Stories told by survivors and a manual written by and for people living in control units.
 
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