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• KOB4 reported that Keith Kosirog and Adonus Encinias, two men held in solitary confinement at the Central New Mexico Correctional Facility in Los Lunas, committed suicide last Sunday. Albuquerque attorney Matt Coyte, who has represented individuals held in solitary, noted that evidence showed Kosirog had a psychiatric disability. Coyte expressed disappointment that Gov. Susana Martinez had vetoed […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/9/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 9, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/24/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 24, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/7/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 7, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/28/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 28, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/11/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 11, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/6/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

April 10, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/7/21]

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by Annalena Wolcke

June 14, 2021

News & Features

Leaving Cañon City

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

October 11, 2010

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Louisiana Sues Its Own Death Row Prisoners

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 12, 2010

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Portrait of a Prison Whistleblower—and His Punishment

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

September 13, 2012

News & Features

Fortresses of Solitude (Part 1)

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 28, 2011

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Fortresses of Solitude (Part 2)

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

March 1, 2011

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City to Sharply Increase Solitary Confinement on Rikers Island

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by Dina Levy and Jean Casella

November 21, 2011

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Women in Solitary Confinement: Sent to Solitary for Reporting Sexual Assault

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by Victoria Law

December 12, 2013

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Solidarity and Solitary: When Unions Clash With Prison Reform

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 21, 2013

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

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 13, 2013

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Journalists Barred from Prison Isolation Units

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by James Ridgeway

March 5, 2013

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At Hearing on Solitary Confinement in California Prisons, Advocates Challenge “Reforms”

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by Sarah Shourd

February 14, 2014

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ADX H-Unit on Hunger Strike, Prisoners Being Force-Fed

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by James Ridgeway and Lisa Dawson

February 25, 2014

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Deaf Prisoners in Florida Face Abuse and Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

May 21, 2013

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“We Are Not the Worst of the Worst”: One Year Later, What’s Changed for Pelican Bay’s Hunger Strikers?

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by Victoria Law

July 7, 2014

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On Trial for Protesting Conditions in Solitary Confinement: The Case of the Dallas 6

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by Victoria Law

November 10, 2014

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On the Way to Solitary, Women in Massachusetts Jail Get Strip Searched and Videotaped

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by Victoria Law

May 15, 2014

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Transgender Women in New York State Prisons Face Solitary Confinement and Sexual Assault

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by Aviva Stahl

August 7, 2014

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

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

March 2, 2015

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Way Down in the Hole: Senate Hearing Challenges Solitary Confinement for Some, But Not All

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by Jean Casella

March 5, 2014

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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

Behind the Pennsylvania Prison Lockdown: Public Health Crisis or Powerplay?

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 21, 2019

News & Features

Teen Dies in Solitary in Georgia Jail After Alleged Medical Neglect

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 17, 2012

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