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• TIME reports that the Department of Justice undercounted nearly 1,000 deaths in United States prisons and jails during the last fiscal year. At a congressional hearing on the matter, Vanessa Fano testified about how her brother Jonathan died by suicide in 2017 after being placed in an isolation cell in East Baton Rouge Parish […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/28/22]

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by Mirilla Zhu

September 28, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/31/22]

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by Mirilla Zhu

August 31, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/17/22]

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by Mirilla Zhu

August 17, 2022

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: New Memoir by Wilbert Rideau

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

May 6, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: I Spent 16 Months in Solitary Confinement, and Now I’m Fighting to End It

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by Voices from Solitary

July 18, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

A Fortnight in Solitary [5/17/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

May 18, 2015

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Seven Days in Solitary [5/13/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

May 13, 2018

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Seven Days in Solitary [4/6/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

April 10, 2020

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Seven Days in Solitary [5/25/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

May 26, 2020

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Seven Days in Solitary [9/21/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 24, 2020

News & Features

Louisiana Sues Its Own Death Row Prisoners

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 12, 2010

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Lawsuits Challenge the Cruelty of Decades in Solitary Confinement on Death Row

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by Aleks Gilbert

October 10, 2017

News & Features

Members of Congress Call for Investigation of Louisiana’s Use of Solitary Confinement, Treatment of Angola 3

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

July 13, 2013

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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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Angola Prison May Close Lockdown Unit–But Vows to Keep Inmates in Isolation

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

October 15, 2010

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The Mark of Cain: God and Man at Angola Prison

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by James Ridgeway

January 7, 2010

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A Louisiana Inmate’s Death Wish

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by Jean Casella

January 6, 2010

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