Movement to End Juvenile Solitary Confinement Gains Ground, But Hundreds of Kids Remain in Isolation

January 4, 2017September 30, 2017 Mary Read

Perhaps no story captures the injustice and horror of juvenile solitary confinement more than that of Kalief Browder, the Bronx sixteen-year-old who was wrongfully accused of stealing a backpack in 2010 and spent three years on Rikers Island awaiting trial. Two of his three years on Rikers were spent in solitary confinement, where Kalief was […]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/29/13]

September 29, 2013October 19, 2015 Lisa Dawson

The following roundup features noteworthy news, reports and opinions on solitary confinement from the past week that have not been covered in other Solitary Watch posts. • Reporting on the 1972 trial of Herman Wallace, the outcome of which landed him in solitary confinement for over four decades, The Atlantic writes on the meaning of Wallace’s life […]

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By James Ridgeway | November 20, 2019

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Movement to End Juvenile Solitary Confinement Gains Ground, But Hundreds of Kids Remain in Isolation

Seven Days in Solitary [9/29/13]