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• The Boston Globe reported that individuals held at MCI-Norfolk in Massachusetts organized a hunger strike against the facility’s contaminated water last month. Wayland Coleman, an incarcerated man at MCI-Norfolk, acquired and distributed bottled water to others, and was subsequently placed in solitary confinement because officials claimed that the water was a valuable item that “could potentially […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/1/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

April 1, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/5/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 5, 2017

News & Features

Arizona Prison Received Warnings Weeks Before Teenager’s Suicide in Solitary Confinement Cell

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by Julia Hettiger

September 3, 2016

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Prisoners with Mental Illness Suffer — and Die — in Arizona’s Solitary Confinement Cells

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

March 7, 2012

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Lawsuit Charges Solitary Confinement in Arizona’s Prisons Is Cruel and Unusual Punishment

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

March 6, 2012

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Solitary Confinement Widely Used in California’s Juvenile Jails

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 16, 2011

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Supreme Court Takes the “Radical” Stance That Prisoners Are Human Beings

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 31, 2011

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Case Closed on Supermax Abuses at Pelican Bay

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 15, 2011

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