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“Life in the box stripped me of my dignity, and made me feel like a chained dog,” said Leroy Peoples, a New York State prisoner and the plaintiff in a federal lawsuit filed today by the New York Civil Liberties Union. “The ceaseless torment of being locked up every day in a tiny cell with another person is hard […]

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New York State Prisons

NYCLU Files Suit Challenging Solitary Confinement in New York State Prisons

Advisers to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission Hold Briefing on Juvenile Solitary Confinement in New York

With Loved Ones in Prison, Women Lead the Fight Against Solitary Confinement in New York

New York Lawmakers Introduce Bill to End Long-Term Solitary Confinement

Lawsuit Secures New Limits on Solitary Confinement in New York’s Prisons

New York Prisoner Gets Five Years in Solitary for Cell Phone Smuggled in by Guard

Criminalizing Mental Illness: The Story of Adam Hall

Severely Disabled Man Sues New York State Prisons for Neglect, Abuse

Visiting Billy Blake After 25 Years in Solitary

Legislation Limiting Solitary Confinement in New York Gains Momentum

Civil Rights Groups Demand Change for Transgender Women Held in Solitary in New York’s Prisons

New York Prisons Bar Media from Solitary Confinement Units

UN Investigator Says Long-Term Solitary Confinement in New York State Prisons Is Torture

NYCLU to Host Meeting on Solitary Confinement in New York State

Upcoming Forum in New York on Solitary Confinement in State Prisons