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

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Maine Prison Rules Would Use Solitary Confinement to Punish Free Expression

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by Garrett Zehr

November 4, 2015

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85% of LGBTQ People Behind Bars Report Spending Time in Solitary

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by Aviva Stahl

October 26, 2015

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“Together to End Solitary” Unites Activists Nationwide

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

October 23, 2015

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How Britain Does Supermax

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by Aviva Stahl

October 21, 2015

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Off the Block

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by Jean Casella

October 21, 2015

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In Open Letter to President Obama, Groups Push for Solitary Confinement Reforms

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by Garrett Zehr

October 3, 2015

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At Louisiana’s Angola Prison, Lawsuit Claims, the Sick Face Neglect, Isolation, and Death

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by Mark Megalli

September 23, 2015

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Lawsuit Charges Delaware Prison System With Neglect and Solitary Confinement of Mentally Ill

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by Aylin Manduric

September 17, 2015

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Toxic Traps: Environmental Hazards Threaten Two Federal Supermax Prisons

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by Laura Cepero

September 10, 2015

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With New Report, Prison Officials Commit to Reducing Their Use of Solitary Confinement

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by Garrett Zehr

September 8, 2015

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California Prison Hunger Strikes Sparked Solitary Reforms, Internal Documents Show

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by Sal Rodriguez

September 2, 2015

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In Landmark Settlement, Solitary Confinement to Be Dramatically Reduced in California Prisons

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by Sal Rodriguez

September 1, 2015

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Report Blasts Conditions at District of Columbia Jail

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by Courtney Belme and James Ridgeway

August 26, 2015

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Chelsea Manning Faces Solitary Confinement for Reading Materials, Other Minor Infractions

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by Garrett Zehr

August 18, 2015

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Prison Watchdog Says Solitary Confinement in Canada Is “Out of Control”

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by Garrett Zehr

August 12, 2015

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Can International Laws and Standards Help Curb Solitary Confinement in the United States?

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by Aylin Manduric

August 6, 2015

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British Supreme Court Rules Against Unlawful Use of Prolonged Solitary Confinement

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by Garrett Zehr

July 31, 2015

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UN Human Rights Experts (Again) Push for Access to U.S. Prisons, Call for Solitary Reform

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by Aylin Manduric

July 24, 2015

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UN’s “Mandela Rules” to Set New International Limits on Solitary Confinement

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by Aylin Manduric

July 17, 2015

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Obama, in Criminal Justice Speech, Denounces the “Overuse of Solitary Confinement” in U.S. Prisons

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by Jean Casella and Garrett Zehr

July 14, 2015

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Kafka and the Debate Over Solitary Confinement

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

July 9, 2015

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Irish Court Blocks Suspect’s Extradition to U.S., Citing Risk of Solitary Confinement  

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by Garrett Zehr

July 6, 2015

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After Hunger Strikes, Solitary Reforms Come to California’s Prisons—and Leave Thousands Behind

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 1, 2015

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Will Revamped Prison Regulations Reduce Solitary Confinement in California?

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by Sal Rodriguez

June 30, 2015

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Kalief Browder’s Life and Death Galvanize Action to End Solitary Confinement

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by Hallie Grossman

June 29, 2015

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Supreme Court Justice Kennedy Invites Constitutional Challenge of Solitary Confinement

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

June 23, 2015

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