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• According to the LAist, incarcerated people at Orange County’s Theo Lacy Facility in California began a hunger strike this week in protest of the conditions at the jail, including the use of solitary confinement. Philip Sloan, currently awaiting trial at the jail, said, “We are protesting the overall treatment—or mistreatment—of inmates of all ethnic backgrounds. […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/21/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 21, 2018

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Seven Days in Solitary [9/23/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 23, 2018

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Seven Days in Solitary [9/9/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 9, 2018

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Seven Days in Solitary [8/26/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

August 26, 2018

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Seven Days in Solitary [5/6/18]

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May 6, 2018

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Seven Days in Solitary [4/22/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

April 22, 2018

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Seven Days in Solitary [12/10/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 10, 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 [7/23/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

July 23, 2017

Voices from Solitary

Voices From Solitary: Welcome to the Round House

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May 16, 2017

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Seven Days in Solitary [3/19/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

March 19, 2017

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Seven Days in Solitary [8/28/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

August 28, 2016

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Seven Days in Solitary [5/22/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

May 22, 2016

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Seven Days in Solitary [4/24/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

April 24, 2016

News & Features

Legal Settlement Demands Better Mental Health Care, Less Solitary Confinement in Illinois Prisons

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by Katie Rose Quandt

January 14, 2016

News & Features

Seven Days in Solitary [12/27/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

December 27, 2015

News & Features

Toxic Traps: Environmental Hazards Threaten Two Federal Supermax Prisons

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by Laura Cepero

September 10, 2015

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Seven Days in Solitary [8/16/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

August 16, 2015

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Segregation Medical

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July 28, 2015

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Phantom Souls

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June 19, 2015

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “I Am Somebody’s Daughter”

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February 24, 2015

News & Features

New Federal Supermax Prison Will Double Capacity for Extreme Solitary Confinement

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by Aviva Stahl

January 15, 2015

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Working from the Inside Out

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

November 26, 2014

News & Features

Funding Approved for Activation of ADX/USP Thomson, New Federal Supermax Prison

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by Lisa Dawson

March 14, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: A Day in the Life, Part III

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March 3, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Hunger Strike in Menard Prison

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by Voices from Solitary

February 6, 2014

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Seven Days in Solitary [1/19/13]

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by Jean Casella

January 19, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: American Supermax

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by Voices from Solitary

July 18, 2013

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Solitary Watch Print Edition

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 21, 2013

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