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Solitary Confinement

On April 1, the federal Bureau of Prisons activated its first nationwide lockdown in nearly 25 years. In an effort to limit the spread of the coronavirus, the nearly 146,000 men and women held in BOP facilities are spending 14 days confined to their cells for up to 24 hours a day, in what is […]

News & Features

Prisons’ Use of Solitary Confinement Explodes with the COVID-19 Pandemic, While Advocates Push for Alternatives

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by Jean Casella and Katie Rose Quandt

April 10, 2020

News & Features

“This Is a Public Safety Approach”: Solitary Confinement Reform Begins in Idaho

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by Aviva Stahl

May 31, 2016

News & Features

Santa Was in Solitary and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 20, 2018

News & Features

New Video: Charlie and Pauline Sullivan of C.U.R.E.

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

October 18, 2011

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/2/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

February 2, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/9/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

February 9, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/16/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

February 16, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/23/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

February 23, 2022

Ridgeway Reporting Project

Inside the Underground Economy of Solitary Confinement

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by Solitary Confinement Reporting Project

February 24, 2022

News & Features

Will Biden Step Up on Solitary Confinement?

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by Veronica Riccobene and Jean Casella

February 28, 2022

News & Features

New York’s Oldest Supermax Prison Closes as State Prepares to Implement Law Limiting Solitary Confinement

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by Victoria Law

March 11, 2022

News & Features

COVID-Fueled Solitary Confinement Still Plagues Prisons and Jails

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by Katie Rose Quandt and Allison Altshule

March 22, 2022

Ridgeway Reporting Project

Deadline Extended to FEBRUARY 7: Grants Available to Journalists for Reporting on Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

January 28, 2019

Photo Requests from Solitary

New Project: Photo Requests from Solitary

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 22, 2013

Photo Requests from Solitary

“Photo Requests from Solitary” Comes to New York

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by Victoria Law

September 19, 2017

Ridgeway Reporting Project

In New York, Few Resources for Solitary Confinement Survivors After Prison

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by Solitary Confinement Reporting Project

February 8, 2021

SW Reports

Unlocking the Box in Louisiana

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by Jean Casella

November 14, 2019

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Ray Luc Levasseur on Life in ADX

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

June 19, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Life on Level 3, Texas Death Row

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

August 8, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Coyote Calling

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

January 24, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: New Memoir by Wilbert Rideau

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

May 6, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Charles P. Norman on “The Insanity of Solitary Confinement”

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by James Ridgeway

February 23, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Oscar Wilde’s Cry from the Depths

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 27, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Kenneth E. Hartman on “The Other Death Penalty”

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

May 19, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Life in a Pennsylvania Prison’s “Restricted Housing Unit”

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

June 30, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Walla Walla IMU

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 28, 2010

Voices from Solitary

AFSC Seeks Stories of Isolation and Torture in U.S. Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 4, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Supermaxed Out in Colorado

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 1, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Ara Oshagan Photographs California Juvies

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 4, 2010

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