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OVERVIEW STOPMAX Campaign Mission 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>
LEARN MORE About Supermax Prisons and Solitary Confinement
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> Prisoner Testimonies 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> |
GET INVOLVED Subscribe to our STOPMAX list, "controlunitalk", for related news, campaign updates, and resource sharing. _______________________ CAMPAIGN UPDATES National STOPMAX Steering Committee has been formed. More Robert King Wilkerson's book, Cry from the Bottom of the Heap is available now; www.a3grassroots.org/ updates.html. The National STOPMAX Campaign
Conference Listen to Andalusia Knoll's STOPMAX Conference report on Free Speech Radio News Read Jessica Pupovac's article on STOPMAX posted on Alternet.org on August 11, 2008 10 Reasons to Abolish Solitary Confinement 1. Research suggests that
long-term solitary confinement is
linked to increased recidivism.
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News and Events
AFSC CA releases new report, Buried Alive, Long-Term Isolation in
California’s Youth and
Adult Prisons (PDF)
Prisoners in U.S. Suffer Discrimination Based on Race, Gender & Sexual Orientation: Download release
Download report (Word Docs.)