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Congressional hearing

On Monday, the office of Illinois Senator Dick Durbin put out the following press release, announcing that the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) had agreed to submit to a review of its solitary confinement practices. In 2010, a spokesperson for the BOP said that federal prisons held approximately 11,150 prisoners in some form of segregated “special housing.” This figure includes the 400 […]

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Federal Bureau of Prisons to Undergo Review of Solitary Confinement Practices

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 5, 2013

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First Congressional Hearing on Solitary Confinement to Be Held June 19

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

June 8, 2012

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