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UN Torture Investigator Barred from Visiting American Supermax Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

March 18, 2015

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Audit of Solitary Confinement in Federal Prisons: An Inside Job Reaches Foregone Conclusions

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

March 2, 2015

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In Canada, a Death in Prison Sparks Debate, Lawsuits Over Solitary Confinement

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by Aviva Stahl

February 18, 2015

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Women in New York State Prisons Face Solitary Confinement and Shackling While Pregnant or Sick

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by Victoria Law

February 16, 2015

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New Report Documents the “Waste, Cost and Harm” of Solitary Confinement in Texas

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by Lakshmi Gopal

February 12, 2015

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In California Prisons, Hundreds Removed from Solitary Confinement—and Thousands Remain

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by Sal Rodriguez

January 27, 2015

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Solitary Not Yet Over at Rikers, But Advocates Keep Fighting

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by Victoria Law

January 21, 2015

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Civil and Human Rights Groups to Eric Holder: No New Federal Supermax Prison at Thomson

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by Jean Casella

January 20, 2015

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New Federal Supermax Prison Will Double Capacity for Extreme Solitary Confinement

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by Aviva Stahl

January 15, 2015

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For Solitary Confinement in U.S. Prisons, A Year of Incremental Reform

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

January 7, 2015

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Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 24, 2014

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Controversy Erupts at Public Meeting on New Rikers Island Isolation Units

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by Victoria Law and Eva Lerner

December 22, 2014

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Corrections Officer Found Guilty in Death in a Rikers Island Solitary Cell

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by Vaidya Gullapalli

December 20, 2014

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Under Fire for Negligence, North Carolina Prisons Chief Seeks New Mental Health Funding

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by Lisa Dawson

December 15, 2014

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Arizona Opens New $50M Supermax Prison; Report Denounces State’s Use of Solitary

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by Lisa Dawson

December 11, 2014

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UN Committee on Torture Says U.S. Must Reform Its Use of Solitary Confinement

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by Sridevi Nambiar

December 5, 2014

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Fates Worse Than Death?

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 3, 2014

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Working from the Inside Out

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

November 26, 2014

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After 42 Years in Solitary Confinement, Will the Angola 3’s Albert Woodfox Be a Free Man?

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by Jean Casella

November 20, 2014

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UN Committee on Torture Questions U.S. Record on Solitary Confinement

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by Aviva Stahl

November 18, 2014

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On Trial for Protesting Conditions in Solitary Confinement: The Case of the Dallas 6

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by Victoria Law

November 10, 2014

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“A Girl Hung Herself Yesterday”: Deaths in Custody at California Institution for Women

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by Victoria Law

November 5, 2014

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Settlement to Improve Arizona’s Prison Health Care, Limit Use of Solitary Confinement

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by Lisa Dawson

October 29, 2014

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Pope Francis Denounces Solitary Confinement, Calls for Prison Conditions That “Respect Human Dignity”

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by Jean Casella

October 26, 2014

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U.S. Government Tells UN: “No Systematic Use of Solitary Confinement in the United States”

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by Jean Casella

October 14, 2014

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In the Story of Jonah, an Urgent Lesson About the Dangers of Solitary Confinement

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

October 3, 2014

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