torture

November 29, 2017 - The North Carolina Commission of Inquiry on Torture will hold public hearings in Raleigh this week on the state's complicity in the Bush-era program, under a new president who wants to bring torture back.

June 17, 2015 - Last week a federal judge ordered the release of Albert Woodfox, who's been held in solitary confinement in Louisiana for 43 years, though a higher court blocked the move while the state appeals. Meanwhile, prisoners are suing over Virginia's policy of placing death row inmates in solitary, arguing that the practice amounts to cruel and unusual punishment.

December 12, 2014 - The Senate Intelligence Committee released a summary of a report this week documenting the CIA's use of torture against detainees following the 9/11 attacks. It offers revealing details on the involvement of private contractors in those human rights violations -- including an aviation firm based in North Carolina.

March 1, 2007 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 35 No. 1, "North Carolina at War." Find more from that issue here.

January 1, 2004 - Abuse of Iraqi inmates follows a pattern established in Southern prisons