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The Memory Disorder Unit at Federal Medical Center Devens is the first federal facility built to house incarcerated people with Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of dementia. According to Timothy Doherty, a senior officer specialist who helps run the unit, approximately 90 percent of the unit’s population “don’t know what they did. Some of them […]

Seven Days in Solitary

The Agony of Living with Dementia Behind Bars…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

August 16, 2023

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Report Reveals Rampant Abuse in Federal Prison’s Solitary Unit… and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

July 12, 2023

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Voices From Solitary: Edge of Mortality 

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by Voices from Solitary

July 11, 2023

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Most Accurate Report to Date Finds 122K People in Solitary… and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

May 24, 2023

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Man With Schizophrenia Starves to Death in Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week 

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by Mirilla Zhu

April 19, 2023

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Seven Days in Solitary [12/14/22]

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by Caitlin Konya

December 15, 2022

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Seven Days in Solitary [11/30/2022]

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by Caitlin Konya

November 30, 2022

Ridgeway Reporting Project

Immigrant Detainees Went on Hunger Strike Against Intolerable Conditions and COVID Exposure. ICE Punished Them with Solitary Confinement.

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by Solitary Confinement Reporting Project

January 28, 2021

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Waking Nightmares

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by Voices from Solitary

April 22, 2012

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Voices from Solitary: “I Live Each Day Contemplating Death”

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by Voices from Solitary

October 12, 2013

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Seven Days in Solitary [11/3/13]

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by Jean Casella

November 5, 2013

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Seven Days in Solitary [11/24/13]

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by Jean Casella

November 24, 2013

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Seven Days in Solitary [12/1/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

December 1, 2013

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Seven Days in Solitary [12/8/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

December 8, 2013

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Seven Days in Solitary [1/12/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

January 12, 2014

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Seven Days in Solitary [2/9/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

February 9, 2014

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Seven Days in Solitary [5/11/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

May 11, 2014

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Seven Days in Solitary [5/25/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

May 25, 2014

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Seven Days in Solitary [7/13/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

July 13, 2014

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Seven Days in Solitary [7/20/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

July 20, 2014

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Seven Days in Solitary [6/22/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

June 22, 2014

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Seven Days in Solitary [11/23/2014]

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by Aviva Stahl

November 23, 2014

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Seven Days in Solitary [12/07/2014]

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by Aviva Stahl

December 7, 2014

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Seven Days in Solitary [12/14/2014]

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by Aviva Stahl

December 14, 2014

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Seven Days in Solitary [2/22/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

February 22, 2015

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Seven Days in Solitary [3/1/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

March 1, 2015

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Seven Days in Solitary [3/8/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

March 8, 2015

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A Fortnight in Solitary [5/17/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

May 18, 2015

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Seven Days in Solitary [8/30/2015]

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by Garrett Zehr

August 30, 2015

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