National Religious Campaign Against Torture
A virtual reality tour of solitary confinement helps religious groups rally for a ban
By Yonat Shimron — March 5, 2019
(RNS) — Solitary confinement is a growing concern for religious groups across the country that have come to adopt the now common nomenclature for the practice: torture.
Interfaith activists call solitary confinement immoral, ineffective
By Adelle M. Banks — May 13, 2015
(RNS) “Once you’ve stood inside the cell and heard the sounds of an actual solitary confinement unit echoing in your very being, it becomes very hard to forget or to ignore,” said the Rev. Kate Edwards, a Zen Buddhist in Madison, Wis.
COMMENTARY: CIA torture report ought to disturb all our consciences
By Ron Stief — April 15, 2014
(RNS) We can hope and pray that God forgives us for what our government has done in our name. We can also act to ensure that torture never happens again.
‘Zero Dark Thirty’ tortures the truth about interrogations
By Morris Davis — January 11, 2013
(RNS) Nothing was tortured more in the making of Kathryn Bigelow’s film “Zero Dark Thirty” than the truth about torture. By Morris Davis and the Rev. Richard Killmer.
Interfaith leaders fast to protest solitary confinement
By Chris Lisee — June 20, 2012
WASHINGTON (RNS) An interfaith coalition is urging Congress to end solitary confinement, which they said is a ``harmful, costly, and ineffective practice.'' By Chris Lisee.
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