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

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Show People in Solitary Confinement That They Are Not Forgotten

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by Jean Casella

November 29, 2022

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by Jean Casella

November 18, 2022

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The Word: Dismantle Prisons or Improve Conditions? As Someone Inside, I Know We Must Do Both

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by Juan Moreno Haines

October 31, 2022

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Here in San Quentin, I See Why Solitary Confinement Must End

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by Juan Moreno Haines

October 25, 2022

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How Solitary Confinement Reproduces Racial Ideologies

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

October 13, 2022

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The Word: Torture Before Trial

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by Vaidya Gullapalli

September 29, 2022

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San Quentin Is Still Punishing People for Being Sick

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by Juan Moreno Haines and Katie Rose Quandt

September 19, 2022

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These Labor Unions Are Fighting to Keep Solitary Confinement

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by Victoria Law

August 16, 2022

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The Word: The Art of Changing Hearts and Minds on Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella

August 3, 2022

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Arkansas to Add More Prison Beds Using Budget Surplus from Federal COVID Funds

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by Katie Rose Quandt

July 27, 2022

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“Immersive and Transformative” Play About Solitary Confinement Tours the Country

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by Roxanne Barnes

July 21, 2022

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In Prison, the Work of Journalism Is Challenging but Essential

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by Juan Moreno Haines

July 14, 2022

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The Word: In Prison, We Face Epidemics of Isolation and Neglect on Top of COVID-19

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by Juan Moreno Haines

June 30, 2022

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Long-Awaited Prison Census Shows More Than 75,000 People in Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and Vaidya Gullapalli

June 16, 2022

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UPDATE: Advocates Respond to New Executive Order, Urge Biden to Take Far Bolder Steps to End Federal Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella

June 6, 2022

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The Word: The “Voiceless” Do Have Voices. Are We Listening?

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by Jean Casella

May 31, 2022

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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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