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A recent News Tribune article highlighted the relatively limited use of solitary confinement in Washington state. Only 2.7 percent of the state’s 17,800 inmates, or about 400, are currently held at the maximum custody level. According to Washington Department of Corrections policy, those placed in the Intensive Management Unit (IMU) are there for either being disruptive to […]

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Washington Prisoner Subjected to Solitary Confinement for “Involuntary Protection”

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 30, 2012

News & Features

Celebrities in Solitary: Lindsay Lohan Goes to Lockdown

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 12, 2010

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