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Psychological Effects

Guest Post by Terry Kupers Dr. Terry Kupers is one of the nation’s leading experts on the psychological effects of prison isolation. A psychiatrist with a background in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, forensics and social and community psychiatry, he is on the faculty of the Wright Institute in Berkeley. The following is a brief excerpt from a chapter […]

News & Features

“Disappearing” the Disadvantaged Into Prison, and Into Solitary Confinement

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

May 9, 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

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Analyzing Isolation, Part I

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by Voices from Solitary

April 21, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Double Celling

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by Voices from Solitary

April 16, 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: “Mind Blowing Because I’m a Kid”

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by Voices from Solitary

April 7, 2014

News & Features

Torture on Death Row: Court Rules Against Automatic Use of Solitary Confinement for the Condemned

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by Aviva Stahl

March 17, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/9/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

March 9, 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

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

News & Features

Lawsuit Secures New Limits on Solitary Confinement in New York’s Prisons

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by Jean Casella

February 21, 2014

Voices from Solitary

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

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by Voices from Solitary

February 18, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/16/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

February 16, 2014

News & Features

At Hearing on Solitary Confinement in California Prisons, Advocates Challenge “Reforms”

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by Sarah Shourd

February 14, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/9/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

February 9, 2014

News & Features

Far from Guantánamo, Torture Takes Root in American Soil

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by Jean Casella

February 9, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Hunger Strike in Menard Prison

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by Voices from Solitary

February 6, 2014

News & Features

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

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by Jean Casella

February 4, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Walk With Me — Life on the Inside of the SMU at USP Lewisburg

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by Voices from Solitary

February 2, 2014

News & Features

Prison Health Care: Is the American Health Profession Ignoring a Human Rights Issue Hiding in Plain Sight?

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by James Ridgeway

February 1, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/26/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

January 26, 2014

News & Features

Women in Solitary Confinement: Buried Inside the Federal Prison System

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by Victoria Law

January 24, 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 [1/12/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

January 12, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “This Massive Mind-Fuck Machine”

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by Voices from Solitary

January 5, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Thin Comfort

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by Voices from Solitary

December 20, 2013

News & Features

DC’s Youth Face Solitary Confinement in District Jails and Federal Prisons

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by Abby Taskier

December 19, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/15/13]

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by Jean Casella

December 15, 2013

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