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On June 2, for the first time in 25 years, the Bureau of Prisons directed all federal jails and prisons to implement a full lockdown, confining nearly 160,000 people to their cells and severely limiting contact with the outside world. The following day, on the orders of Attorney General William Barr, the Bureau pulled some […]

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As Black Lives Matter Protests Mounted, Federal Prisons Went on Lockdown—and Their Staffs Were Deployed to the Streets

Report: 500% Increase in Use of Solitary Confinement During COVID-19 Puts Hundreds of Thousands of People at Risk

Seven Days in Solitary [6/15/20]

Fourteen Days in Solitary [6/8/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/25/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [4/20/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [4/6/20]

Fourteen Days in Solitary [3/30/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [3/16/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/23/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/16/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/11/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/23/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/2/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/22/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/13/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/24/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/10/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/27/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/13/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/6/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [4/1/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [3/18/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [3/11/19]

Voices from Solitary: Solitary Sorrow

Seven Days in Solitary [2/18/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/11/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/7/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/16/18]