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• This week, a federal judge ruled that the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) has failed to uphold a 2016 settlement that mandated at least eight hours of out-of-cell time per week for people with mental illness held in solitary confinement. According to NPR Illinois, about 12,000 out of the 40,000 people incarcerated in Illinois […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/4/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 4, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/28/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 28, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/3/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

June 3, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/18/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

March 18, 2018

Voices from Solitary

Voices From Solitary: What Decades of Isolation Do to the Mind and Body

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by Voices from Solitary

October 3, 2017

News & Features

Toxic Traps: Environmental Hazards Threaten Two Federal Supermax Prisons

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by Laura Cepero

September 10, 2015

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Segregation Medical

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by Voices from Solitary

July 28, 2015

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Fly in the Ointment

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July 13, 2015

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Women in New York State Prisons Face Solitary Confinement and Shackling While Pregnant or Sick

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by Victoria Law

February 16, 2015

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: The Heaviness of Blood

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by Voices from Solitary

October 31, 2014

News & Features

Settlement to Improve Arizona’s Prison Health Care, Limit Use of Solitary Confinement

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by Lisa Dawson

October 29, 2014

News & Features

Pope Francis Denounces Solitary Confinement, Calls for Prison Conditions That “Respect Human Dignity”

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by Jean Casella

October 26, 2014

News & Features

In the Story of Jonah, an Urgent Lesson About the Dangers of Solitary Confinement

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

October 3, 2014

News & Features

Reports Condemn Healthcare and Solitary Confinement in Arizona State Prisons

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by Lisa Dawson

September 22, 2014

News & Features

UPDATED: From One North Carolina Prison, Reports of an Eight-Month Lockdown

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by Lisa Dawson

September 11, 2014

Voices from Solitary

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

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by Voices from Solitary

August 27, 2014

News & Features

Ninety Years Old, Deaf, and in the Hole in a Florida Prison

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by Adelyn Baxter

July 10, 2014

News & Features

In a Maryland Jail, Teens Charged As Adults Face Isolation and Neglect

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by Aviva Stahl

June 17, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Head Cases

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by Voices from Solitary

April 30, 2014

News & Features

New ACLU Report Examines Devastating Impact of Solitary Confinement on Women

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by Victoria Law

April 24, 2014

News & Features

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

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by Aviva Stahl

April 14, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: A Day in the Life, Part V

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by Voices from Solitary

March 31, 2014

News & Features

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

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by James Ridgeway

March 27, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: A Day in the Life, Part IV

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by Voices from Solitary

March 25, 2014

News & Features

Way Down in the Hole: Senate Hearing Challenges Solitary Confinement for Some, But Not All

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by Jean Casella

March 5, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: A Day in the Life, Part III

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by Voices from Solitary

March 3, 2014

News & Features

Doing “Bing Time”: Memories of a Mental Health Worker in Rikers Island’s Solitary Confinement Unit

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

February 28, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/16/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

February 16, 2014

News & Features

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

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by Jean Casella

February 4, 2014

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