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2016 elections

A group of Democratic senators has introduced a bill that would for the first time place legal limitations on the use of solitary confinement in federal prisons. The Solitary Confinement Reform Act (S. 3432), is co-sponsored by Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Christopher Coons (D-DE), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Al Franken (D-MN). The […]

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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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Presidential Prison Politics

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by Katie Rose Quandt

November 10, 2015

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