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• As temperatures in New York dropped to ten degrees last week, the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn—a facility operated by the federal Bureau of Prisons that houses 1,600 mostly pretrial individuals—lost power and administrators locked down the facility for several days, leaving many detained individuals without heat, lighting, warm meals, clean clothing, medical […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/11/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 11, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/28/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 28, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/7/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 7, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/9/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 9, 2018

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Prisons Use Solitary Confinement to Silence Strikers Nationwide—But Their Voices Have Been Heard

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by Valerie Kiebala and Jean Casella

October 1, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/30/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 30, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/2/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 2, 2018

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Solitary Confinement on Television: ‘Orange Is the New Black’ and Pop Culture’s Lockup Landscape

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by Hallie Grossman

June 16, 2016

News & Features

UPDATED: From One North Carolina Prison, Reports of an Eight-Month Lockdown

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by Lisa Dawson

September 11, 2014

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Georgia Prisoners’ Strike: “We locked ourselves down.”

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 13, 2010

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N.J. Prison Abused Inmates During Month-Long Lockdown

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 14, 2010

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