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Original Reporting, Commentary, and News from a Nation on Lockdown

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Calipatria Hunger Striker: “Putting Everything On The Line For Dignity”

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by Sal Rodriguez

August 9, 2013

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Pat Nolan’s Evangelical Prison Reform

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by James Ridgeway

August 8, 2013

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The Use of Isolation in U.S. Prisons: A Human Rights Issue

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

August 8, 2013

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30 Days of Hunger Striking, California Prisons Chief Insists It’s “Gang Power Play”

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by Sal Rodriguez

August 6, 2013

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Hundreds Still on Hunger Strike in California Prisons As Situation Becomes Increasingly Dire

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by Sal Rodriguez

August 1, 2013

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Suicide of California Hunger Strike Participant Draws National Attention to a Broken System

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 30, 2013

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Why Holder’s Pledge That Snowden “Will Not Be Tortured” Is a Lie

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 29, 2013

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One Thousand California Hunger Strikers At Two Weeks

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 24, 2013

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California Prison Hunger Strike: “It’s an Absolute Madhouse”

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 22, 2013

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California Prison Officials Retaliating Against Hunger Strikers

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 19, 2013

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Thousands of California Prisoners, One Hunger Strike, One Week

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 15, 2013

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We Are One Body: Catholics Raise Voices Against Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 14, 2013

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Members of Congress Call for Investigation of Louisiana’s Use of Solitary Confinement, Treatment of Angola 3

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

July 13, 2013

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What Solitary Confinement Does to the Brain

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 11, 2013

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Faces and Voices of the California Prison Hunger Strike

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 10, 2013

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As 30,000 Join California Prison Hunger Strike, Corrections Officials Issue Guidelines on Starvation

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 9, 2013

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California Prisoners Launch New Hunger Strike to Protest Solitary Confinement

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 8, 2013

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Fourteen Days in Solitary [7/7/13]

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 7, 2013

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New Feature: Letters to Solitary

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by Lisa Dawson

July 7, 2013

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Women in California Prison Isolation Units Face Overcrowding and Despair

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 1, 2013

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Angola 3’s Herman Wallace, Gravely Ill, Still Held in Isolation

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

June 24, 2013

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Records Show Excessive Use of Force at Colorado Supermax

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by Lisa Dawson

June 15, 2013

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Suicide in Solitary: A Mother Remembers Her Son

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 11, 2013

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U.S. DOJ Documents Torturous Treatment in Pennsylvania Solitary Confinement Unit

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

June 10, 2013

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Board of Correction Votes Against Limiting Solitary Confinement in New York City Jails

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by Cat Guzman and Jean Casella

June 7, 2013

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GAO Report Questions Widespread Use of Solitary Confinement in Federal Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 1, 2013

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