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• As temperatures in New York dropped to ten degrees last week, the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn—a facility operated by the federal Bureau of Prisons that houses 1,600 mostly pretrial individuals—lost power and administrators locked down the facility for several days, leaving many detained individuals without heat, lighting, warm meals, clean clothing, medical […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/11/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 11, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/4/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 4, 2019

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Seven Days in Solitary [1/28/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 28, 2019

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Seven Days in Solitary [11/4/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 4, 2018

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Seven Days in Solitary [10/28/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 28, 2018

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Seven Days in Solitary [10/21/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 21, 2018

News & Features

“As Long As Solitary Exists, They Will Find a Way to Use It”: Five Years After California’s Prison Hunger Strike

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by Victoria Law

July 13, 2018

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Returned to the SHU in California

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by Voices from Solitary

February 26, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/28/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 28, 2018

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Seven Days in Solitary [1/21/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 21, 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 [12/31/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 31, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/17/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 17, 2017

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Seven Days in Solitary [11/19/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 19, 2017

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Seven Days in Solitary [11/12/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 12, 2017

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Seven Days in Solitary [10/29/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 29, 2017

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Seven Days in Solitary [10/22/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 22, 2017

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Seven Days in Solitary [5/28/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

May 28, 2017

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Seven Days in Solitary [5/07/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

May 7, 2017

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Seven Days in Solitary [3/5/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

March 5, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/23/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

October 23, 2016

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Seven Days in Solitary [7/10/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

July 10, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/3/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

July 3, 2016

News & Features

“Dying to Live”: Hunger Strike in Wisconsin Prison Protests Indefinite Solitary Confinement

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by Sarah Blatt-Herold

June 23, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/19/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

June 19, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/5/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

June 5, 2016

News & Features

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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Seven Days in Solitary [01/03/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

January 3, 2016

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Seven Days in Solitary [12/06/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

December 6, 2015

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