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On Monday morning, after our story on Rikers Island and Hurricane Irene, highlighting the lack of any evacuation plan for New York City’s island jail, was widely circulated on websites, Facebook, and Twitter, we were contacted by Sharman Stein, Deputy Commissioner for Public Information at the New York City Department of Corrections. She wrote: “Every  single one of the […]

City Responds on Emergency Plans for Rikers Island

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 31, 2011

News & Features

“Toxic Conditions”: Testimony of Dr. Terry Kupers on Solitary Confinement

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by Sal Rodriguez

August 31, 2011

Locked Up and Left Behind: Hurricane Irene and the Prisoners on New York’s Rikers Island

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 26, 2011

News & Features

Historic California Assembly Hearing on Solitary Confinement

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by Sal Rodriguez

August 24, 2011

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “Injustice Anywhere Is a Threat to Justice Everywhere”

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by Sal Rodriguez

August 23, 2011

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Washington Post Takes a Stand Against the “Invisible Brutality That Is Solitary Confinement”

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

August 22, 2011

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Welcome to Supermax

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 19, 2011

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“Give Us in Here the Strength to See This Thing Through”: A Chronicle of the Pelican Bay Hunger Strike

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by Sal Rodriguez

August 17, 2011

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New from Solitary Watch: Original Videos on Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

August 16, 2011

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New Solitary Watch Print Edition (Summer 2011) Now Available

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

August 11, 2011

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Supermax Prisons: “21st Century Asylums”

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 10, 2011

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New York Times Heeds a Cry from the Depths of Pelican Bay Prison

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 2, 2011

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