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

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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 22, 2016

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Letters from the Hole

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by James Ridgeway

December 12, 2016

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What Trump and Sessions Could Mean for Solitary Confinement in America’s Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

November 18, 2016

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Man Held in Solitary Confinement for 37 Years Wins Legal Victory in Pennsylvania

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by Sarah Blatt-Herold

November 3, 2016

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UN Report Compares Solitary Confinement Practices in the U.S. and Around the World

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by Joshua Manson

October 28, 2016

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Senate Democrats Introduce Landmark Bill to Reform Solitary Confinement in Federal Prisons

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by Joshua Manson

October 7, 2016

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Writer in Solitary Confinement Is Barred from Reading His Own Book

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by Sarah Blatt-Herold

September 20, 2016

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New Report Documents Devastating Effects of Solitary Confinement on Mental Illness

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by Joshua Manson

September 9, 2016

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Arizona Prison Received Warnings Weeks Before Teenager’s Suicide in Solitary Confinement Cell

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by Julia Hettiger

September 3, 2016

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Chelsea Manning, No Stranger to Solitary Confinement, Faces Indefinite Isolation After Suicide Attempt

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by Julia Hettiger

August 11, 2016

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At Virginia’s Supermax Prisons, Isolation and Abuse Persist Despite Reforms

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by Katie Rose Quandt and Jack Denton

August 4, 2016

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Immigrant Detainees Routinely Placed in Solitary Confinement in New Jersey Jail

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by Julia Hettiger

July 21, 2016

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Solitary Confinement in Rhode Island Faces Challenges From Legislators, Activists

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by Annajane Yolken

July 15, 2016

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“Dying to Live”: Hunger Strike in Wisconsin Prison Protests Indefinite Solitary Confinement

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by Sarah Blatt-Herold

June 23, 2016

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Widespread Brutality and Solitary Confinement Followed New York Prison Escape, Report Finds

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by Julia Hettiger

June 21, 2016

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Solitary Confinement on Television: ‘Orange Is the New Black’ and Pop Culture’s Lockup Landscape

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by Hallie Grossman

June 16, 2016

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Settlement in 11-Year Lawsuit Promises Relief from Abuse for Mentally Ill in South Carolina’s Prisons

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by Sarah Blatt-Herold

June 10, 2016

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Locked Down Alone: New Report Documents Solitary Confinement in Ohio’s Prisons

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by Sarah Blatt-Herold

June 3, 2016

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“This Is a Public Safety Approach”: Solitary Confinement Reform Begins in Idaho

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by Aviva Stahl

May 31, 2016

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Massachusetts Prisoners Sent to Solitary After Meeting with State Legislators About Prison Reform

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by Jack Denton

May 24, 2016

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Written Through the Prison Wall, Play Reveals One Woman’s Experience of Solitary Confinement

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by Vaidya Gullapalli

May 17, 2016

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“Isolation Devastates the Brain”: The Neuroscience of Solitary Confinement

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by Carol Schaeffer

May 11, 2016

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Prison Labor Strike in Alabama: “We Will No Longer Contribute to Our Own Oppression”

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by Jack Denton

May 5, 2016

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Opening the Door

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by Jean Casella

April 29, 2016

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Guarding Solitary Confinement

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by Aviva Stahl

April 27, 2016

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The Human Rights of the Inhumane

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by Carol Schaeffer

April 26, 2016

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