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Mental Illness

• The Washington Post reported that federal judge Leonie M. Brinkema ruled unconstitutional the state of Virginia’s practice of placing death row individuals in solitary confinement. In 2015, Virginia allegedly stopped placing individuals with death sentences in solitary confinement, but the state had refused to maintain this prohibition. However, Brinkema, the first federal judge to determine […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/25/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 25, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/18/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 18, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/11/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 11, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/28/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 28, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/14/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 14, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/31/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 31, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/3/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 3, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/12/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 12, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/5/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 5, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/29/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 29, 2017

Voices from Solitary

Voices From Solitary: What Decades of Isolation Do to the Mind and Body

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by Voices from Solitary

October 3, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/02/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

July 2, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/11/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

June 11, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/9/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

April 9, 2017

News & Features

Suicidal in Solitary

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by James Ridgeway and Katie Rose Quandt

April 5, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [03/26/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

March 26, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/19/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

March 19, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Fourteen Days in Solitary [11/27/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

November 27, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/18/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

September 18, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/11/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

September 11, 2016

News & Features

New Report Documents Devastating Effects of Solitary Confinement on Mental Illness

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by Joshua Manson

September 9, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/04/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

September 4, 2016

News & Features

Arizona Prison Received Warnings Weeks Before Teenager’s Suicide in Solitary Confinement Cell

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by Julia Hettiger

September 3, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/5/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

June 5, 2016

News & Features

Locked Down Alone: New Report Documents Solitary Confinement in Ohio’s Prisons

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by Sarah Blatt-Herold

June 3, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/29/16]

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by Aviva Stahl

May 29, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/22/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

May 22, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/8/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

May 8, 2016

News & Features

Opening the Door

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by Jean Casella

April 29, 2016

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