California Prisoners in Solitary Confinement Petition the UN to Intervene « Solitary Watch

California Prisoners in Solitary Confinement Petition the UN to Intervene « Solitary Watch ~~ California prisoners face cruel and dehumanizing long-term and indefinite confinement in small concrete cells with no windows, no natural light, and no furniture, they also endure frequent episodes of cruelty by guards, inadequate medical care, entirely inadequate mental health services, inadequate access to the outdoors and sunshine, inadequate food, inadequate access to legal counsel, inadequate visitation with friends and family and no opportunities to work or engage in productive activities of any type. They are effectively locked in a concrete small space that becomes a "living coffin" in which many have been confined for many year, even decades