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To promote and support a national movement to end the use of solitary confinement and related forms of torture in US prisons. Campaign work is realized through grassroots organizing, research, public education, resource sharing, human rights training and policy advocacy. More>
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Captive by Todd Tarselli, PA control unit prisoner
Solitary confinement of prisoners exists under a range of names; isolation, control units, supermax prisons, the hole, the SHU, administrative segregation, maximum security or permanent lock down.More>
Restraint Chairs
In the restraint chairs your hands and feet are each shackled then 2 seat belts are put in an X across your chest. Read More>
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May 30-June 1st, 2008
Temple University,
Philadelphia, PA
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1. Research suggests that long-term isolation is linked to increased recidivism.
2. There is no evidence that isolation reduces prison violence. More>
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