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The Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola holds more than 6,000 men, three-quarters of whom are Black, in an area larger than Manhattan. Angola, which takes its name from the slave plantation that once occupied the site, is a place synonymous with draconian sentences and nightmarish conditions. But even here, a special level of dread has […]

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Can Architects Help End Solitary Confinement?

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by Nicole Capozziello

November 29, 2021

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Seven Days in Solitary [11/24/21]

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by Roxanne Barnes

November 24, 2021

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November 18, 2021

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November 17, 2021

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Voices from Solitary: What My Mother Doesn’t Know

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November 17, 2021

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November 10, 2021

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