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In 1991, Southport Correctional Facility became New York state’s first “supermax”—a prison designed to hold people in near-total isolation. In a 2017 article, Victoria Law reported on the experience of people held there in an article for Solitary Watch. Approximately 350 men were in solitary confinement at the prison, over 90 percent of them Black […]

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New York’s Oldest Supermax Prison Closes as State Prepares to Implement Law Limiting Solitary Confinement

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by Victoria Law

March 11, 2022

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Inside One Lawyer’s Quest to End Solitary Confinement

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by Katie Rose Quandt

November 1, 2020

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Could This Be the Worst Solitary Confinement Unit in the Nation?

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by Jess Hallam

August 1, 2018

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Court Rulings Against Canada’s Use of Solitary Confinement Could Set New Standards for Reform

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by Garrett Zehr

March 7, 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 [1/7/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 7, 2018

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New York Supermax

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by Victoria Law

December 14, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/29/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 29, 2017

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Lawsuits Challenge the Cruelty of Decades in Solitary Confinement on Death Row

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by Aleks Gilbert

October 10, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/8/2017]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 8, 2017

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After 33 Years in Solitary Confinement, Former Black Panther Russell Shoatz Will Have His Day in Court

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by Jack Denton

March 11, 2016

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Activists Turn to Lawsuits and Legislation to Fight Solitary Confinement in New Jersey

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by Keri Blakinger

March 4, 2016

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