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

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New Executive Order Includes Solitary Confinement Reforms, but Falls Short of Biden’s Campaign Promise 

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by Jean Casella

May 25, 2022

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The Word: The Myth of Safety Through Punishment

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by Vaidya Gullapalli

April 29, 2022

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Incarcerated People of Color with Mental Illness Get Less Treatment and More Solitary Confinement

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by Melat Eskender

April 22, 2022

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COVID-Fueled Solitary Confinement Still Plagues Prisons and Jails

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by Katie Rose Quandt and Allison Altshule

March 22, 2022

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In Connecticut, Opponents of Solitary Confinement Renew the Fight for Strong Legislation and Independent Oversight

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by Mirilla Zhu

March 18, 2022

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New York’s Oldest Supermax Prison Closes as State Prepares to Implement Law Limiting Solitary Confinement

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by Victoria Law

March 11, 2022

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Will Biden Step Up on Solitary Confinement?

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by Veronica Riccobene and Jean Casella

February 28, 2022

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The Truth Behind Dennis Hope’s Decades of Torture in Solitary Confinement

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by Madeline Batt

February 17, 2022

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Santa Was in Solitary and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella

December 24, 2021

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Jailhouse Lawyers Are Often Punished With Solitary Confinement

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by Roxanne Barnes

December 22, 2021

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How Not to Fight a Prison Pandemic [Update]

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by Juan Moreno Haines and Katie Rose Quandt

December 8, 2021

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Can Architects Help End Solitary Confinement?

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by Nicole Capozziello

November 29, 2021

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No Touching Allowed for Many LGBTQ+ People in Prison

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by Lizzie Kane

September 16, 2021

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“I Watch the Roaches and I Envy Them.” After 34 Years, Billy Blake Is Released from Solitary Confinement in New York

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by Vaidya Gullapalli

July 7, 2021

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How Not to Fight a Prison Pandemic

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by Juan Moreno Haines and Katie Rose Quandt

June 30, 2021

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Why Lockdowns Can’t Protect People in Prison From Deadly Viruses

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by Annalena Wolcke

June 15, 2021

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New York State Passes the Nation’s Strongest Anti-Solitary Legislation

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by Veronica Riccobene

April 2, 2021

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James Ridgeway, 1936–2021

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by Jean Casella

February 17, 2021

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At San Quentin, the Response to COVID-19 Brings More Isolation and Suffering to People with Mental Illness

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by Juan Moreno Haines

February 11, 2021

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D.C. Jail: From Hellhole to Hotspot

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by Valerie Kiebala, James Ridgeway, and Lawrence Ukenye

December 30, 2020

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Santa Was in Solitary and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 24, 2020

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In New York’s State Prisons, One Night in Solitary Can Derail an Education

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by Alexandra Gibbons

November 20, 2020

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“You Can Never Get That Time Back”: Solitary Confinement Is Devastating for Incarcerated Mothers and Their Children

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by Ella Goldblum

November 13, 2020

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Inside One Lawyer’s Quest to End Solitary Confinement

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by Katie Rose Quandt

November 1, 2020

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Seven Days in Solitary [8/31/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 1, 2020

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Struggling to Survive at San Quentin: “We Are Dying in Here”

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by Juan Moreno Haines

August 14, 2020

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