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In a dissenting opinion written earlier this year, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer wrote that “If extended solitary generic brands of ativan confinement alone raises serious constitutional questions, then 20 years of solitary confinement, all the while under threat of execution, must raise similar questions, and to a rare degree, and with particular intensity.” Yet […]

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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

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/18/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

June 18, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/12/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

March 12, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/2/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

October 2, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/21/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

August 21, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/14/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

August 14, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/29/16]

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by Aviva Stahl

May 29, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/24/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

April 24, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/14/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

February 14, 2016

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Legal Settlement Is Having a “Transformative Effect” on Solitary Confinement in California Prisons

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by Sal Rodriguez

February 8, 2016

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“Suicide Checks” Lead to Extreme Sleep Deprivation at Pelican Bay Prison

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by Sal Rodriguez

January 21, 2016

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California Expects to Save $28 Million By Reducing Solitary Confinement

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by Sal Rodriguez

January 8, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [01/03/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

January 3, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/06/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

December 6, 2015

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/13/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

September 15, 2015

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/06/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

September 6, 2015

News & Features

California Prison Hunger Strikes Sparked Solitary Reforms, Internal Documents Show

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by Sal Rodriguez

September 2, 2015

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In Landmark Settlement, Solitary Confinement to Be Dramatically Reduced in California Prisons

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by Sal Rodriguez

September 1, 2015

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/30/2015]

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by Garrett Zehr

August 30, 2015

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/16/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

August 16, 2015

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After Hunger Strikes, Solitary Reforms Come to California’s Prisons—and Leave Thousands Behind

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 1, 2015

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Will Revamped Prison Regulations Reduce Solitary Confinement in California?

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by Sal Rodriguez

June 30, 2015

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/7/15]

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by Hallie Grossman

June 7, 2015

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: The Safari from Pelikkkan Bay

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by Voices from Solitary

April 16, 2015

News & Features

UN Torture Investigator Barred from Visiting American Supermax Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

March 18, 2015

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In California Prisons, Hundreds Removed from Solitary Confinement—and Thousands Remain

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by Sal Rodriguez

January 27, 2015

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/18/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

January 18, 2015

News & Features

Working from the Inside Out

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

November 26, 2014

News & Features

“A Girl Hung Herself Yesterday”: Deaths in Custody at California Institution for Women

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by Victoria Law

November 5, 2014

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