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• The Georgetown Law Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, along with 68 current and former prosecutors and U.S. Department of Justice officials, filed a brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit calling for Dennis Hope to be released from solitary confinement in Texas. Hope has spent the last 26 years in […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/5/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 5, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/23/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 23, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/30/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 30, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/28/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 28, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/4/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 4, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/13/21]

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by Roxanne Barnes

October 14, 2021

News & Features

Decades After Prison Escapes, Men Face Life in Solitary Confinement With No Way Out

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by Madeline Batt

September 28, 2017

News & Features

“As Long As Solitary Exists, They Will Find a Way to Use It”: Five Years After California’s Prison Hunger Strike

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by Victoria Law

July 13, 2018

News & Features

Prisons Use Solitary Confinement to Silence Strikers Nationwide—But Their Voices Have Been Heard

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by Valerie Kiebala and Jean Casella

October 1, 2018

News & Features

Indefinite Solitary Confinement in New York’s Prisons Is Finally Put to the Test

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by Joshua Manson

June 3, 2019

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UPDATE: New York’s Elected Leaders Make Deal That Thwarts Passage of the HALT Solitary Confinement Act

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by Joshua Manson and Jean Casella

June 20, 2019

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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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Shakeup in Alaska Prisons Targets “Overuse” of Solitary Confinement

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by Garrett Zehr

November 24, 2015

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Washington Prisoner Subjected to Solitary Confinement for “Involuntary Protection”

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 30, 2012

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Texas Hearing Finds Prisoners Released from Solitary Directly to the Streets

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 5, 2012

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Thousands of California Prisoners, One Hunger Strike, One Week

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 15, 2013

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Day 41 of California Hunger Strike: CDCR Still Insists It’s A Gang Power Play

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by Sal Rodriguez

August 18, 2013

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Canada Questions Solitary Confinement After Teenager’s Death

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

January 23, 2010

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“Systemic Failures Persist” in California Prison Mental Health Care, Judge Rules

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by Sal Rodriguez

April 8, 2013

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How Many People Are In Solitary Confinement in California’s Prisons?

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by Sal Rodriguez

December 4, 2013

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The End of Mississippi’s Notorious Supermax Unit

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 12, 2010

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Children in Lockdown: Solitary Confinement of Teens in Adult Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

January 30, 2010

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Faces and Voices of the California Prison Hunger Strike

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 10, 2013

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Shackled in Solitary: Prisoners with Mental Illness in Michigan’s Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 5, 2012

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Records Show Excessive Use of Force at Colorado Supermax

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by Lisa Dawson

June 15, 2013

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California Prison Officials Retaliating Against Hunger Strikers

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 19, 2013

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“Fatal Flaws” in the Colorado Solitary Confinement Study

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

November 15, 2010

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Family of California Prisoner Who Died on Hunger Strike Speaks Out

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by Sal Rodriguez

February 23, 2012

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Conflicting Reports on Hunger Strike at California’s Corcoran State Prison

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by Sal Rodriguez

February 17, 2012

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