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Association of State Correctional Administrators

In the United States, being locked away in long-term solitary confinement is arguably the worst thing that can legally be done to a human being, short of the death penalty. Solitary’s deeply harmful effects on emotional, psychological, and physical well-being are now so well-documented as to be irrefutable, and a growing international consensus equates the […]

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How Many People Are in Solitary Confinement Today?

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by Joshua Manson

January 4, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/14/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 14, 2018

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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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