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• According to CNN, the cause of 27-year-old Layleen Polanco’s death in June on the transgender “restricted housing unit” at Rikers Island in New York has been revealed as an epileptic seizure. Attorney David Shanies said that Polanco had suffered several seizures at Rikers and corrections officials were aware of her condition. “When an epileptic person […]

Seven Days in Solitary

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Seven Days in Solitary [11/25/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/2/19]

Fourteen Days in Solitary [8/24/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/12/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/22/21]

ADX H-Unit on Hunger Strike, Prisoners Being Force-Fed

Suicide of California Hunger Strike Participant Draws National Attention to a Broken System

“We Are Not the Worst of the Worst”: One Year Later, What’s Changed for Pelican Bay’s Hunger Strikers?

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

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

At San Quentin, a Desperate Man Goes on Hunger Strike to Protest Conditions in a COVID-19 Isolation Unit

UPDATE: New York’s Elected Leaders Make Deal That Thwarts Passage of the HALT Solitary Confinement Act

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

A Hunger for Justice in Pelican Bay

California Announces Reform of Controversial Policies That Led to Prison Hunger Strike

Virginia Prisoners in Solitary Confinement Launch Hunger Strike

Prisoners in Solitary Confinement in Ohio Stage Two-Week Hunger Strike

One Year Anniversary of Pelican Bay Hunger Strike Against Solitary Confinement

North Carolina Prisoners Launch Hunger Strike

One Year After Historic Hunger Strike, Isolated California Prisoners Report Little Change

California Justice: Three Strikes and Sixteen Years in Solitary

Solitary Policies in California Revised, As Prisoner Leaders Promote End to Racial Hostilities