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Retaliation

This article was published in collaboration with The Appeal. The true story of a 2015 prison break from a New York maximum-security facility has electrified viewers of Showtime’s acclaimed miniseries “Escape at Dannemora,” which wrapped up on December 30. The ​tale focuses on two men serving life sentences, David Sweat and Richard Matt, and their […]

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Showtime’s ‘Escape at Dannemora’ Left Out Torture and Abuse

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by Katie Rose Quandt

January 10, 2019

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As COVID-19 Spreads Through Prisons, Solitary Confinement Is Used to Punish Whistleblowers and Suppress Protests

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by Valerie Kiebala and Katie Rose Quandt

May 5, 2020

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D.C. Jail: From Hellhole to Hotspot

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by Valerie Kiebala, James Ridgeway, and Lawrence Ukenye

December 30, 2020

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Seven Days in Solitary [8/31/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 1, 2020

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New Video: UN Torture Expert Juan Mendez on Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

November 15, 2011

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North Carolina Prisoners Report Being Put in Solitary Confinement for Going on Strike

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by Sal Rodriguez

March 13, 2012

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California Prisoners in Solitary Confinement Petition the UN to Intervene

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

March 21, 2012

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40 Years in Solitary: New BBC Program on the Angola 3 Case

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by James Ridgeway

April 5, 2012

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Families of California Prisoners Respond to Controversial Reforms of Solitary Confinement

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by Sal Rodriguez

April 20, 2012

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“New York’s Black Sites”: New Article About Solitary Confinement in State Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 12, 2012

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Solitary Confinement in North Carolina

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

November 2, 2012

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California Prison Hunger Strike: “It’s an Absolute Madhouse”

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 22, 2013

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“God’s Own Warden”: Inside Angola Prison

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by James Ridgeway

July 28, 2011

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Severely Disabled Man Sues New York State Prisons for Neglect, Abuse

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by James Ridgeway

March 27, 2014

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Isolated California Prisoners Continue Their Fight for Reform

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by Sal Rodriguez

December 30, 2011

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Immigrant Hunger Strikers Placed in Solitary Confinement at Federal Detention Center

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by Jean Casella

April 4, 2014

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As New York City Jails Amend Their Solitary Confinement Practices, Abuses on Rikers Island Continue

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by Aviva Stahl

January 16, 2014

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California Prison Officials Retaliating Against Hunger Strikers

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 19, 2013

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Day 36 of California Hunger Strike: Hundreds Still Protesting Isolation Policies

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by Sal Rodriguez

August 12, 2013

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Russell Maroon Shoatz: Resisting the “Spiritual Death” of Solitary Confinement

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

April 28, 2013

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Cruel and Usual: U.S. Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

March 19, 2011

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Pennsylvania Prisoners Charged with Rioting After Protesting Conditions in Solitary

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by Sal Rodriguez

October 15, 2011

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Abu Ghraib, California: Report Shows Brutal Abuse of Prisoners in LA County Jails

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 29, 2011

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Roundup of Testimony from California Assembly Hearing on Solitary Confinement

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by Sal Rodriguez

September 26, 2011

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Native American Activist Leonard Peltier “in the Hellhole” of Solitary Confinement

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 19, 2011

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Angola 3 Mark 39 Years in Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

May 17, 2011

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Report Documents Abuse in Pennsylvania Prison’s Lockdown Unit

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 26, 2011

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Colorado Inmate Says He Was Thrown in Solitary for Refusing to Supply False Testimony

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 8, 2011

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Massachusetts Prison Whistleblower Is Punished and Silenced

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 15, 2011

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