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Copper Lake School for Girls

• The 2014 wrongful death case of 57-year-old James Embry has been revived, and WDRB News obtained a video showing Embry emaciated in the last moments of his life. Embry starved to death in solitary confinement, after refusing 35 out of his 36 last meals at the Kentucky State Penitentiary, where he had been sentenced […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/3/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

June 3, 2018

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Seven Days in Solitary [1/14/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 14, 2018

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Seven Days in Solitary [1/7/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 7, 2018

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Seven Days in Solitary [6/11/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

June 11, 2017

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