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Pennsylvania

New this week from Solitary Watch: • In an article co-published by Solitary Watch and The Nation, Victoria Law looks at how many correctional officers’ unions are pushing back against prison reforms, including new laws restricting the use of solitary confinement. She focuses on New York, where the state correctional officers’ union, NYSCOBA, has mounted […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/17/22]

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by Mirilla Zhu

August 17, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/24/22]

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by Caitlin Konya

August 24, 2022

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Fourteen Days in Solitary [8/3/21]

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by Roxanne Barnes

August 3, 2022

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Seven Days in Solitary [6/29/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

June 29, 2022

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Seven Days in Solitary [5/4/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

May 4, 2022

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Seven Days in Solitary [6/15/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

June 15, 2022

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Holler with Haiku

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by Voices from Solitary

June 9, 2022

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: An Open Letter from the Allegheny County Jail

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by Voices from Solitary

April 27, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/27/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

April 27, 2022

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Seven Days In Solitary [4/13/22]

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by Mirilla Zhu

April 13, 2022

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Death Would Feel So Much Better

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by Voices from Solitary

January 23, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/23/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 23, 2018

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Seven Days in Solitary [2/16/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

February 16, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/2/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

March 2, 2022

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Seven Days in Solitary [3/23/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

March 23, 2022

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Life in a Pennsylvania Prison’s “Restricted Housing Unit”

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

June 30, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “An Insane Asylum Disguised As an SMU”

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

May 22, 2011

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “Beyond Inhumane”

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 14, 2011

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “Thoughts of Freedom Running Wild in My Head”

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by Voices from Solitary

March 31, 2012

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: High Tech Brutality

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by Voices from Solitary

June 28, 2012

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Surviving the “Prison Within a Prison”

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by Voices from Solitary

July 28, 2012

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: What Have You Done to My Brother?

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by Voices from Solitary

August 27, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Sad Flutes

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by Voices from Solitary

October 21, 2016

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Satan’s Domain

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by Voices from Solitary

June 12, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/15/13]

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by Jean Casella

December 15, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/5/14]

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by Abby Taskier

January 5, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/19/13]

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by Jean Casella

January 19, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/2/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

March 2, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/07/2014]

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by Aviva Stahl

December 7, 2014

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