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Dolores Canales can’t seem to find her way around like she used to. She has spent her whole life in Anaheim, California, yet says she gets lost even in her hometown. She feels that her 20 years in prison, and the 18 months she spent in solitary confinement, has resulted in a permanent change to […]

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“Isolation Devastates the Brain”: The Neuroscience of Solitary Confinement

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by Carol Schaeffer

May 11, 2016

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Massachusetts Prisoners Sent to Solitary After Meeting with State Legislators About Prison Reform

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by Jack Denton

May 24, 2016

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Prison Watchdog Says Solitary Confinement in Canada Is “Out of Control”

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by Garrett Zehr

August 12, 2015

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Toxic Traps: Environmental Hazards Threaten Two Federal Supermax Prisons

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by Laura Cepero

September 10, 2015

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Guarding Solitary Confinement

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by Aviva Stahl

April 27, 2016

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Presidential Prison Politics

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by Katie Rose Quandt

November 10, 2015

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How the Landmark Settlement Will—and Will Not—Change Solitary Confinement in New York’s Prisons  

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by Jean Casella

December 18, 2015

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With Sons in Solitary, Mothers Fight for Their Freedom—and Their Lives

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by Victoria Law

January 6, 2016

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What Obama’s Actions Mean for Solitary Confinement in America’s Prisons

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by Jean Casella

January 27, 2016

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Legal Settlement Is Having a “Transformative Effect” on Solitary Confinement in California Prisons

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by Sal Rodriguez

February 8, 2016

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Activists Turn to Lawsuits and Legislation to Fight Solitary Confinement in New Jersey

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by Keri Blakinger

March 4, 2016

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In California Death Row’s “Adjustment Center,” Condemned Men Wait in Solitary Confinement

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by Alyssa Stryker

April 13, 2016

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Movement to End Juvenile Solitary Confinement Gains Ground, But Hundreds of Kids Remain in Isolation

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by Mary Read

January 4, 2017

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Looking Back on Six Years of Leadership Against Solitary Confinement With UN Torture Expert Juan Méndez

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by James Ridgeway

January 30, 2017

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Filming Inside a Hidden World: Q&A With the Director of HBO’s “Solitary”

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by Jean Casella

February 6, 2017

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Trump Wants to Bring Back Torture. For Thousands of Americans, It Never Went Away.

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 10, 2017

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At Wisconsin Juvenile Prisons, Children Face a Nightmare of Solitary Confinement and Abuse

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 22, 2017

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Nonviolent Protest in Pennsylvania Solitary Confinement Unit Leads to Seven Years of Prosecutions

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by Victoria Law

March 27, 2017

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Suicidal in Solitary

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by James Ridgeway and Katie Rose Quandt

April 5, 2017

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Solitary Confinement on Television: ‘Orange Is the New Black’ and Pop Culture’s Lockup Landscape

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by Hallie Grossman

June 16, 2016

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How the Supreme Court Handed Trump a Free Pass for Discrimination and Abuse Against Detainees

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by Joshua Manson

July 12, 2017

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Decades After Prison Escapes, Men Face Life in Solitary Confinement With No Way Out

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by Madeline Batt

September 28, 2017

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Solitary Confinement in Rhode Island Faces Challenges From Legislators, Activists

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by Annajane Yolken

July 15, 2016

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At Virginia’s Supermax Prisons, Isolation and Abuse Persist Despite Reforms

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by Katie Rose Quandt and Jack Denton

August 4, 2016

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Writer in Solitary Confinement Is Barred from Reading His Own Book

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by Sarah Blatt-Herold

September 20, 2016

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Senate Democrats Introduce Landmark Bill to Reform Solitary Confinement in Federal Prisons

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by Joshua Manson

October 7, 2016

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What Trump and Sessions Could Mean for Solitary Confinement in America’s Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

November 18, 2016

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Letters from the Hole

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by James Ridgeway

December 12, 2016

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Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 22, 2016

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