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• The Texas Tribune reported that of the people in prison who have been tested for the coronavirus, 70 percent have tested positive. Only one percent of the prison population, or 1,700 people, has been tested but the percentage of positive results far outweighs the ten percent of Texas residents throughout the whole state whose […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Human Rights Watch

Seven Days in Solitary [5/11/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/4/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/27/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/6/19]

A Fortnight in Solitary [5/17/2015]

Seven Days in Solitary [4.27.13]

Florida Bill Would Limit Use of Solitary Confinement on Children

Kids in Solitary Confinement: America’s Official Child Abuse

New Report Shows Juvenile Lifers Suffering in Solitary Confinement

Tuesday Night in NYC: Forum on Solitary Confinement Features UN Special Rapporteur on Torture

Solitary Confinement Is a “Challenge for Medical Ethics”

U.S. Supermax Prisons Are Challenged in the European Court of Human Rights–and Lose the First Round

Supreme Court Decision Limits Juvenile Life Without Parole (Within Limits)

Solitary Confinement Cells Have Become America’s New Asylums

Children in Lockdown: Solitary Confinement of Teens in Adult Prisons

Rising Criticism of Tamms Illinois Supermax