Links on Administrative Segregation (Solitary),  "Emergency" & Inspiring Stories

Administrative Segregation (Solitary Confinement)

• Administrative Segregation in CO Jails Has To GO
• BEYOND ADSEG (SOLITARY) IN CO JAILS & LOOKING @ ​ASSERTIVE COMMUNITY TREATMENT AS THE ALTERNATIVE 
• Denver AdSeg Procedures: Read 'Em & Weep, BUT the Reality is Even Scarier  
• NEW JERSEY BILL PURPORTS TO BAN SOLITARY IN COUNTY JAILS FOR PEOPLE WITH MI  
• Office of the Inspector General Office of the Inspector General U.S. Department of Justice:Review of the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Use of Restrictive Housing for Inmates with Mental Illness
• Ripple Effects of Raemisch's Decision to End Long Term Solitary in CO Prisons Felt Far & Wide  Maybe It Will Be Felt In CO Jails
  
• ​We are NOT giving up on the people with disabilities in Solitary in Colorado jails​

​Emergency:  What is It & For Whom?

• WHAT'S AN EMERGENCY:  YOUR HOME GOING UP IN FLAMES OR YOUR CHILD WITH MENTAL DISABILITIES IN ADSEG?
• IRREPARABLE HARM, PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS, & THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
  *ADSEG/SOLITARY/TORTURE IN COUNTY JAILS
  *GROSSLY INADEQUATE HOUSING & INTENSIVE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT PROVIDED BY THE STATE​
• WE NEED TO GET OUR SECOND WIND  TO ADDRESS THE EMERGENCY IN MENTAL HEALTH -- NOW

Vera Justice Institute -- Solitary (AdSeg -- It's NOT over for People w/ MI in Colorado County Jails) -- It is a Human Rights Issue & There Are Alternatives

• Safe Alternatives to Segregation Initiative
• Solitary Confinement:  Common Misconceptions and Emerging Safe Alternatives
• The German Model

Ryan Pettigrew -- "A Madman's Poetic Path" -- 8 years in Solitary in a Colorado prison -- now a mindfulness teacher -- beyond inspiring.  Click Here

Larry Quintana's Inspiring Story of Triumph Over Profound Loss, Foster Care, Prison, and 5 years in Colorado AdSeg.   Now he's in Law School and passionate to change the system that got him to prison.   Click Here