STOP SOLITARY: ACLU toolsite for activists.

Here are some resources on ending the abuses of solitary confinement from the ACLU National Prison Project:

Stop Solitary - Advocacy Campaign Tools

The ACLU, together with our state-based affiliates, scholars, activists, mental health experts, and faith-based organizations around the country, is engaged in a campaign to challenge the use of long-term solitary confinement – in the courts, in the legislatures, in reforms of correctional practice, and in the battle for public opinion. The goal of the Stop Solitary campaign is to limit and abolish the use of long-term solitary confinement in U.S. prisons, jails and juvenile detention centers.

• Stop Solitary – Quick Facts
• Stop Solitary Briefing Paper
• Getting Started – Collecting Corrections & Other Data in Your State
• Campaign Dos and Don’ts
• Model Social Networking Language
• Model Stop Solitary Legislation
• Model Fiscal Analysis Memo
• Checklist for a Visit to a Supermax Facility

• International Advocacy Tools
  
  
  • ACLU's Human Rights Council submission re: solitary confinement in US Prisons and Jails
  • NRCAT's request to the Special Rapporteur on Torture to investigate solitary confinement in the U.S.
  • Expert Report by Prof. Richard J. Wilson, K.C. v. Townsend, No. 6:09-CV-012, (N.D. Tex. August 31, 2009) (Customary International Law Applies and Supports U.S. Law to Bar or Limit Use of Certain Disciplinary Measure Taken Against Girls at Ron Jackson State Juvenile Correctional Complex)

From Solitary Watch

(the best blog on Solitary Confinement there is)