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This article is published in partnership with the Davis Vanguard and Kansas City Defender. Maguire Correctional Facility lies just a few blocks from San Francisco Bay, and serves as the main jail for San Mateo County. A largely affluent suburban area that connects the city of San Francisco to the north and famed Silicon Valley […]

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Solitary Confinement Punishes Vulnerable People Inside a San Mateo County Jail

Most Accurate Report to Date Finds 122K People in Solitary… and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

The Right Finally Protests Brutal U.S. Jail Conditions—But Only for January Sixers

The Word: Torture Before Trial

Seven Days in Solitary [2/16/22]

Six Weeks in Solitary [4/5/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/1/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/18/20]

D.C. Jail: From Hellhole to Hotspot

Seven Days in Solitary [12/28/20]

Fourteen Days in Solitary [12/21/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/30/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/23/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/19/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/5/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/21/20]

Inside the Hole: Enduring Solitary Confinement in California

Seven Days in Solitary [8/31/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/10/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/27/20]

Fourteen Days in Solitary [7/20/20]

Fourteen Days in Solitary [7/6/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/22/20]

Fourteen Days in Solitary [6/8/20]

Three Ways to Reach Out to People in Actual Solitary Confinement

As COVID-19 Spreads Through Prisons, Solitary Confinement Is Used to Punish Whistleblowers and Suppress Protests

Seven Days in Solitary [5/4/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [4/27/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [4/20/20]