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"New York State Passes the Nation's Strongest Anti-Solitary Legislation
After a Decade of Activism, the HALT Solitary Confinement Act Is Signed into Law by an Embattled Governor Cuomo

By Veronica Riccobene | April 8, 2021

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Civil Rights Clinic

Solitary Confinement on Trial in Colorado

April 30, 2012November 1, 2015 Jean Casella and James Ridgeway
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Our latest piece over at Mother Jones concerns an important trial beginning today in Federal District Court in Denver, in which a prisoner with mental illness is challenging more than a decade in solitary confinement in the Colorado State Penitentiary. Also included is background on the groundbreaking work of the University of Denver’s Civil Rights Clinic; on […]

Fortresses of Solitude (Part 1)

February 28, 2011May 19, 2019 Jean Casella and James Ridgeway
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Cañon City, Colorado, is the Solitary Confinement Capital of the Western World. Now, a Small Group Lawyers, Legislators, and Activists Is Challenging This All-American Form of Torture. Part 1: The Alcatraz of the Rockies On the wall opposite Laura Rovner’s desk at the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law is a large framed drawing […]