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Psychological Effects

• The Denver Post reported on the reforms taking place in Colorado’s Division of Youth Services (DYS), which have drastically reduced the use of solitary confinement for youth and resulted in a decrease of violence in most facilities. The reforms aim to move the state juvenile correctional system from a punitive jail environment to a […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/4/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

March 4, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/25/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 25, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/18/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 18, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/11/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 11, 2018

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Seven Days in Solitary [2/4/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 4, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/28/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 28, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/31/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 31, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/17/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 17, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/10/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 10, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/3/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 3, 2017

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Seven Days in Solitary [11/26/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 26, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/12/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 12, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/5/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 5, 2017

News & Features

“Witness to Human Torture”: On Both Sides of the Prison Walls, Social Workers Confront Solitary Confinement

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 3, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/29/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 29, 2017

News & Features

New Book (and New York Events) on Solitary Confinement by Dr. Terry Kupers Join Expertise to Empathy

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

October 19, 2017

Voices from Solitary

Voices From Solitary: What Decades of Isolation Do to the Mind and Body

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by Voices from Solitary

October 3, 2017

News & Features

Aging Alone: Uncovering the Risk of Solitary Confinement for People Over 45

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

June 12, 2017

News & Features

Movement to End Juvenile Solitary Confinement Gains Ground, But Hundreds of Kids Remain in Isolation

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by Mary Read

January 4, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

14 Days in Solitary [4/10/2016]

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by Katie Rose Quandt

April 10, 2016

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: We Are All Animals

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by Voices from Solitary

October 9, 2015

News & Features

Lawsuit Charges Delaware Prison System With Neglect and Solitary Confinement of Mentally Ill

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by Aylin Manduric

September 17, 2015

News & Features

British Supreme Court Rules Against Unlawful Use of Prolonged Solitary Confinement

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by Garrett Zehr

July 31, 2015

News & Features

Obama, in Criminal Justice Speech, Denounces the “Overuse of Solitary Confinement” in U.S. Prisons

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by Jean Casella and Garrett Zehr

July 14, 2015

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Fly in the Ointment

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by Voices from Solitary

July 13, 2015

News & Features

Kafka and the Debate Over Solitary Confinement

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

July 9, 2015

News & Features

Irish Court Blocks Suspect’s Extradition to U.S., Citing Risk of Solitary Confinement  

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by Garrett Zehr

July 6, 2015

News & Features

After Hunger Strikes, Solitary Reforms Come to California’s Prisons—and Leave Thousands Behind

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 1, 2015

News & Features

Kalief Browder’s Life and Death Galvanize Action to End Solitary Confinement

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by Hallie Grossman

June 29, 2015

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