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This article is co-published with The Appeal. In February, a violent fight broke out in the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC), a federal jail in Brooklyn. It left people like Sean Chaney, who was released in January after spending 15 months in MDC, scrambling to learn the status of his friend and former cellmate, who was […]

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Lockdowns, Violence, and “Barbaric Conditions” in a Brooklyn Federal Jail Known for Its Famous Detainees

Congress Passes Federal Prisons Oversight Bill…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

America’s Most Isolated Federal Prisoner Describes 10,220 Days in Extreme Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary: “Loneliness Is a Destroyer of Humanity”

Will Biden Step Up on Solitary Confinement?

Voices from Solitary: Ray Luc Levasseur on Life in ADX

Seven Days in Solitary [4.4.13]

Seven Days in Solitary [3/15/2015]

Seven Days in Solitary [4/12/2015]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/11/2016]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/16/2017]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/23/2017]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/7/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/1/21]

Obama’s 2014 Budget Confirms Plans for “ADX Thomson,” New Federal Supermax Prison

Under Fire, Federal Bureau of Prisons Audits Use of Solitary Confinement—and Buys a New Supermax Prison

New Federal Supermax Prison Will Double Capacity for Extreme Solitary Confinement

Audit of Solitary Confinement in Federal Prisons: An Inside Job Reaches Foregone Conclusions

What Obama’s Actions Mean for Solitary Confinement in America’s Prisons

What Will the Midterms Mean for Solitary Confinement Reform?

As COVID-19 Spreads Through Prisons, Solitary Confinement Is Used to Punish Whistleblowers and Suppress Protests

Inside ADX Supermax: “A Bloody Nightmare”

Federal Government Seeks Dismissal of Supermax Suicide Lawsuit

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

No Obama Budget Freeze for Prisons

Federal Bureau of Prisons to Undergo Review of Solitary Confinement Practices

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

Federal Bureau of Prisons Details Plans for Limited “Audit” of Solitary Confinement Practices

New Federal Budget: Plenty of Money for Prisons