Please join the American Constitution Society, the Criminal Law Society, and the Stanford Criminal Justice Center for “Solitary Confinement and the Constitution” on Monday, March 7. The continued use of solitary confinement in United States prisons remains one of the most challenging human rights issues of our times. Last summer, however, the Center for Constitutional Rights won a number of reforms on behalf of prisoners held in solitary confinement at Pelican Bay State Prison in a landmark settlement with the state of California. The center’s president, Jules Lobel, served as lead attorney for the inmates and will lead a session at Stanford Law School to question whether the Eighth Amendment bars the use of solitary confinement. Edwin E. Huddleston, Jr., Professor of Law and Stanford Criminal Justice Center Co-Director Robert Weisberg will make an introduction.

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Generous support from the Stanford Public Interest Law Foundation has made this event possible.