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Dr. Terry Kupers, Institute Professor at the Wright Institute in San Francisco and Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, is among the foremost national experts on the mental health effects of solitary confinement. Dr. Kupers delivered the keynote address at the Strategic Convening on Solitary Confinement and Human Rights, sponsored by the Midwest […]

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New Video: Dr. Terry Kupers on Solitary Confinement and Mental Health

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by Lisa Dawson

April 24, 2013

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Kids in Solitary Confinement: America’s Official Child Abuse

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

October 11, 2012

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Children Spend Months in Solitary Confinement in Texas Jails

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 10, 2012

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Transgender Immigrant Detainees Locked in Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 7, 2012

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“Complete Lawlessness” at Orleans Parish Prison

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

April 7, 2012

The Silent, Terrifying World of a Deaf Prisoner

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by James Ridgeway

December 20, 2011

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Abu Ghraib on the Allegheny: Sexual and Physical Abuse at Pennsylvania Prison

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 28, 2011

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“The Destruction of the Human Spirit”: Testimony of Rev. William McGarvey on Solitary Confinement

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by Sal Rodriguez

September 3, 2011

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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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Prison Rape, the PREA, and the PLRA

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

March 7, 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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Prison Whistleblower Condemned to Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

January 10, 2011

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Massachusetts Prisoner Who Exposed Sex-for-Snitching Ring Sent to Solitary

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by James Ridgeway

November 18, 2010

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Our Homegrown American Gitmos

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

November 5, 2010

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Prisoner Sent to Solitary for Reporting Rape Takes Her Case to the Supreme Court

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

November 2, 2010

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Sex-for-Snitching Ring Reported at Massachusetts Prison

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by James Ridgeway

November 2, 2010

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LGBT Kids in Prison Face Rape, Beatings, and Isolation

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 13, 2010

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The Prisoner’s Catch-22

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

July 10, 2010

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Two Clinton Era Laws That Allow Cruel and Unusual Punishment (Redux)

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 22, 2010

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Woman Prisoner Sent to Solitary for Reporting Rape by Guard

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 3, 2010

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The Parable of Yarl’s Wood

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

April 4, 2010

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Devices of Torture in U.S. Prisons

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

March 22, 2010

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Solitary Confinement for Transgender Inmate in Virginia

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

January 5, 2010

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