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• A new report authorized by the Center for American Progress and the Movement Advancement Project examines how the US criminal justice system fails LGBT people. “LGBT people are frequently placed in solitary confinement, and transgender people are regularly placed in facilities that do not conform to their gender identity.” • The Boston Globe reported that the […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/28/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

February 28, 2016

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On the Way to Solitary, Women in Massachusetts Jail Get Strip Searched and Videotaped

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by Victoria Law

May 15, 2014

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Fourteen Days in Solitary [7/7/13]

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 7, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Growing Old in Isolation

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by Voices from Solitary

May 8, 2013

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Massachusetts Court Rules Against Solitary Confinement Without Due Process

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by Beth Broyles

November 30, 2012

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The Other Death Sentence: Aging and Dying in Prison

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 26, 2012

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More Suicides in Solitary Plague Massachusetts Prisons

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

March 30, 2012

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Massachusetts Prison Whistleblower Is Punished and Silenced

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 15, 2011

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Prison Whistleblower Condemned to Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

January 10, 2011

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Massachusetts Prisoner Who Exposed Sex-for-Snitching Ring Sent to Solitary

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by James Ridgeway

November 18, 2010

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Sex-for-Snitching Ring Reported at Massachusetts Prison

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by James Ridgeway

November 2, 2010

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“Epidemic” of Suicides in Massachusetts Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 6, 2010

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