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What the War on Terror Owes to the War on Crime
One of the reasons we started the Solitary Watch project was what we observed as a disconnect between the public’s awareness of (and reaction to) the abuses brought about by the so-called War on Terror...
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Two Clinton-Era Laws That Permit Cruel and Unusual Punishment
In an earlier post, we wrote about what the so-called War on Terror of the last ten years owes to the longstanding War on Crime, in terms of how the United States treats its prisoner or detainees, and...
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If You Build It, They Will Come: Obama Commits to Gitmo North
The federal government confirmed on Thursday that it plans to buy Thomson Correction Center. Obama has long envisioned the state prison in rural Illinois as a new home for the detainees from the...
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After 41 Years in Solitary, a Dying Herman Wallace Has His Conviction...
Herman Joshua Wallace, 1941-2013 Update, 10/4/15, 10 am: Herman Wallace died early this morning, a free man. He was 71 years old. In a long article we wrote in 2006 on Herman Wallace and his case, we...
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Federal Judge Orders Angola 3’s Albert Woodfox Unconditionally Released After...
Albert Woodfox in 2012. Louisiana’s Attorney General has called Woodfox the “most dangerous man on the planet.” Update, June 12, 4:30 pm: The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has decided to continue the...
View ArticleSeven Days in Solitary [1/24/2016]
• The Crime Report published a report from a two-day colloquium about the use of segregation that occurred last fall and involved corrections agencies, academic experts and advocates. The colloquium...
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