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Psychological Effects

The following roundup features noteworthy news, reports, and opinions on solitary confinement from the past week that have not been covered in other Solitary Watch posts. • Developments surrounding the systemic failures in California prisons were covered heavily by the media. Most recently, the Los Angeles Times reported on California judges’ threat to find Gov. Jerry Brown […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4.12.13]

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by Lisa Dawson

April 12, 2013

News & Features

Video Shows Maine Prisoner with Mental Illness Brutally Subdued by Guards

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by Lisa Dawson

April 5, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4.4.13]

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by Lisa Dawson

April 4, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Parts of My Mind Did Not Survive

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by Voices from Solitary

April 3, 2013

News & Features

Thirty Days in Solitary

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

March 30, 2013

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The Solitary Connection: Was Clements Suspect Affected by Years in Prison Isolation?

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

March 28, 2013

News & Features

U.S. Holds Hundreds of Detained Immigrants in Solitary Confinement

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by Lisa Dawson

March 25, 2013

News & Features

Visiting Billy Blake After 25 Years in Solitary

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

March 23, 2013

News & Features

Louisiana Attorney General Says Angola 3 “Have Never Been Held in Solitary Confinement”

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

March 21, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “Suicide Is Preferable to Long-Term Segregation”

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by Voices from Solitary

March 21, 2013

News & Features

New Mexico Man Gets $15.5 Million for His Two-Year Ordeal in Solitary

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by Beth Broyles

March 17, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “Where Cold, Quiet and Emptiness Come Together”

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by Voices from Solitary

March 16, 2013

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California Prison Conditions Driving Prisoners to Suicide

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by Sal Rodriguez

March 15, 2013

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Florida Bill Would Limit Use of Solitary Confinement on Children

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by Lisa Dawson

March 14, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: A Sentence Worse Than Death

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by Voices from Solitary

March 11, 2013

News & Features

Montana Legislature Considers Solitary Confinement Reform

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by Sal Rodriguez

February 25, 2013

News & Features

The “Vicious Cycles” Created by Solitary Confinement

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by Sal Rodriguez

February 24, 2013

News & Features

Bradley Manning Marks 1,000 Days in Pre-Trial Detention

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 23, 2013

News & Features

Solidarity and Solitary: When Unions Clash With Prison Reform

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 21, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Disciplined Into Madness and Death

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by Voices from Solitary

February 18, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: What Solitary Confinement Does to the Mind

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by Voices from Solitary

February 16, 2013

News & Features

Utah Supermax Prisoners Report Being “Treated Like an Animal”

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by Sal Rodriguez

February 15, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Scarred by Solitary: Experiencing Prison Isolation As a Kid

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 13, 2013

News & Features

New Article in Fortune News: “Suffering in Solitary”

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 12, 2013

News & Features

Feds to Open New Supermax Prison Cells at “Gitmo North”

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 8, 2013

News & Features

“Sick and in Solitary” on Rikers Island

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 6, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Suffering at the Hands of Other Human Beings

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by Voices from Solitary

February 4, 2013

News & Features

State Bar Association Calls on New York to “Profoundly Restrict” Its Use of Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

January 30, 2013

News & Features

As California Implements Some Solitary Confinement Reforms, Prisoners Remain Skeptical

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by Sal Rodriguez

January 25, 2013

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