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• On Monday, June 2, the New York City medical examiners office ruled the death of a man who died in a Rikers Island jail cell last fall to be a homicide. Bradley Ballard died of complications of diabetes along with the results of genital self-mutilation. According to the Associated Press: “Ballard, who family members […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/8/14]

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by Jean Casella

June 8, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Playing “The Con Game” at Pelican Bay

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by Voices from Solitary

June 6, 2014

News & Features

The Odyssey to Pelican Bay: Families Journey to California’s Notorious Supermax Prison

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by Sarah Shourd

June 3, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/1/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

June 2, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary, Analyzing Isolation, Part III

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by Voices from Solitary

May 28, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/25/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

May 25, 2014

News & Features

Holder Makes Obama Administration’s First Public Statement on Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 24, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “That Which Does Not Kill Us…”

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by Voices from Solitary

May 19, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/18/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

May 18, 2014

News & Features

New York Prisons Bar Media from Solitary Confinement Units

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 17, 2014

News & Features

On the Way to Solitary, Women in Massachusetts Jail Get Strip Searched and Videotaped

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by Victoria Law

May 15, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/11/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

May 11, 2014

News & Features

“Disappearing” the Disadvantaged Into Prison, and Into Solitary Confinement

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

May 9, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/4/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

May 4, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Head Cases

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by Voices from Solitary

April 30, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary, Analyzing Isolation, Part II

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by Voices from Solitary

April 29, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/27/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

April 27, 2014

News & Features

New ACLU Report Examines Devastating Impact of Solitary Confinement on Women

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by Victoria Law

April 24, 2014

News & Features

City’s New Corrections Chief, Known for Solitary Confinement Reforms, Faces Steep Challenges on Rikers

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by Aviva Stahl

April 22, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Analyzing Isolation, Part I

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by Voices from Solitary

April 21, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/20/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

April 20, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Double Celling

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by Voices from Solitary

April 16, 2014

News & Features

UN Investigator Says Long-Term Solitary Confinement in New York State Prisons Is Torture

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by Aviva Stahl

April 14, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/13/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

April 13, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “Mind Blowing Because I’m a Kid”

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by Voices from Solitary

April 7, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/7/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

April 6, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Unnatural Disaster

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by Voices from Solitary

April 5, 2014

News & Features

Immigrant Hunger Strikers Placed in Solitary Confinement at Federal Detention Center

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by Jean Casella

April 4, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: A Day in the Life, Part V

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by Voices from Solitary

March 31, 2014

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