Tag Archives: Solitary confinement

Inmates Across California Join Hunger Strike Over Conditions

Posted on July 11, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Doreen McCallister Thousands of prisoners across the state are expressing solidarity with inmates being held in solitary confinement at Pelican Bay State Prison in northern California. It is a maximum security facility and problem inmates are held in the Security … Continue reading →

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I Thought Solitary Confinement in Iran Was Bad — Then I Went Inside America’s Prisons

Posted on May 7, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Shane Bauer Shane Bauer was one of the three American hikers imprisoned in Iran after being apprehended on the Iraqi border in 2009. He spent 26 months in Tehran’s Evin Prison, 4 of them in solitary. Bauer is winner … Continue reading →

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