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Oregon Department of Corrections

This week’s pick of news and commentary about solitary confinement: Five incarcerated people have filed a class-action lawsuit demanding an end to the “damaging and degrading” use of solitary confinement in Oregon state prisons. According to the lawsuit, the state’s solitary practices violate both its constitution and disability rights laws. Earlier this year, the Oregon […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Class-Action Lawsuit Challenges Oregon’s Use of Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Rachael Dziaba

June 17, 2026

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Crawling Out of the Darkness, Part 2

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by Voices from Solitary

May 23, 2025

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/18/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 18, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/25/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

May 26, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/18/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

May 19, 2020

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