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This week’s pick of news and commentary about solitary confinement: Since 2022, at least seven incarcerated individuals known to have mental health challenges have died by suicide while in solitary confinement in North Carolina prisons. According to a 2021 study featured in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, those struggling with mental health issues are […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Suicides in North Carolina Prisons Linked to Use of Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Francisco Rodriguez

June 5, 2025

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Seven Days in Solitary [1/14/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 14, 2018

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Seven Days in Solitary [6/2/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

June 2, 2013

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Seven Days in Solitary [5/4/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

May 4, 2013

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Seven Days in Solitary [5/12/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

May 12, 2013

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Seven Days in Solitary [6/16/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

June 15, 2013

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Seven Days in Solitary [9/29/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

September 29, 2013

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Seven Days in Solitary [12/1/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

December 1, 2013

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Seven Days in Solitary [12/8/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

December 8, 2013

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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 [11/19/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 19, 2017

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Seven Days in Solitary [12/3/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 3, 2017

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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 [12/17/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 17, 2017

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Seven Days in Solitary [12/24/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 24, 2017

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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 [2/4/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 4, 2018

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Seven Days in Solitary [2/11/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 11, 2018

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

News & Features

At Wisconsin Juvenile Prisons, Children Face a Nightmare of Solitary Confinement and Abuse

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 22, 2017

News & Features

Inside ADX Supermax: “A Bloody Nightmare”

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by Sal Rodriguez

September 12, 2013

News & Features

Settlement in 11-Year Lawsuit Promises Relief from Abuse for Mentally Ill in South Carolina’s Prisons

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by Sarah Blatt-Herold

June 10, 2016

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Pelican Bay Prisoners File Lawsuit Against Long-Term Isolation

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by Sal Rodriguez

June 1, 2012

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Settlement Limits Solitary Confinement for People With Mental Illness in Indiana’s Prisons

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by Jack Denton

February 11, 2016

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

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by Katie Rose Quandt

January 14, 2016

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Judged Incompetent to Stand Trial, People with Mental Illness Still Languish in Pennsylvania Jails

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by Vaidya Gullapalli

November 19, 2015

News & Features

“Complete Lawlessness” at Orleans Parish Prison

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

April 7, 2012

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Lawsuit Challenges Conditions at ADX Federal Supermax

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by Shae Cali

June 25, 2012

News & Features

NYCLU Files Suit Challenging Solitary Confinement in New York State Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 6, 2012

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