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Esther Lim, a social worker employed by the ACLU to monitor LA County jails, was meeting with an incarcerated man in an attorney meeting room in 2011 when she heard what sounded like a fight. She looked through a window to see two deputies repeatedly beating an incarcerated man, James Parker, and shocking him with […]

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

Seven Days in Solitary [7/02/2017]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/25/2017]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/21/2017]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/07/2017]

Seven Days in Solitary [03/26/2017]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/19/2017]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/15/2017]

Fourteen Days in Solitary [11/27/2016]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/23/2016]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/16/2016]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/2/2016]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/07/2016]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/31/2016]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/17/2016]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/10/2016]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/3/2016]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/5/2016]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/22/2016]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/15/2016]

Seven Days in Solitary [4/24/2016]

Innocent After Years in Solitary on Rikers, Woman Tried on New Charges for Alleged Misbehavior in Jail

Seven Days in Solitary [2/21/2016]

Seven Days in Solitary [01/10/2016]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/29/2015]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/18/2015]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/06/2015]

Voices from Solitary: A Second-by-Second Attack on Your Soul

Seven Days in Solitary [7/12/2015]