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This week’s pick of news and commentary about solitary confinement: A lawsuit originally filed by incarcerated people pro-se documents severe constitutional and human rights violations by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections in a unit called the Security Threat Group Management Unit (STGMU) at State Correctional Institution Fayette. The lawsuit alleges that 30 to 40 mostly […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Lawsuit Exposes “Unconstitutional, Torturous” Conditions in a Pennsylvania Prison Unit… and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 6, 2023

Seven Days in Solitary

Prison Journalists Report at Their Own Risk…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

September 27, 2023

News & Features

In Prison, the Work of Journalism Is Challenging but Essential

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by Juan Moreno Haines

July 14, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/24/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

June 24, 2018

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: New Memoir by Wilbert Rideau

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

May 6, 2010

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