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In March, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio appointed reformer Joseph Ponte as the Commissioner of the Department of Correction. In his last post, overseeing Maine’s Department of Corrections, Ponte gained particular renown for reducing the use of solitary confinement by over 60 percent. In fact, the changes he helped bring about in Maine […]

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

Voices from Solitary: Analyzing Isolation, Part I

Seven Days in Solitary [4/20/14]

Voices from Solitary: Double Celling

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

Seven Days in Solitary [4/13/14]

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

Seven Days in Solitary [4/7/14]

Voices from Solitary: Unnatural Disaster

Immigrant Hunger Strikers Placed in Solitary Confinement at Federal Detention Center

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

Seven Days in Solitary [3/30/14]

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

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

Seven Days in Solitary [3/23/14]

Voices from Solitary: TV Death Row

Torture on Death Row: Court Rules Against Automatic Use of Solitary Confinement for the Condemned

Seven Days in Solitary [3/16/14]

Funding Approved for Activation of ADX/USP Thomson, New Federal Supermax Prison

Private Prison Giant CCA Weighs in on Solitary Confinement

Seven Days in Solitary [3/9/14]

Way Down in the Hole: Senate Hearing Challenges Solitary Confinement for Some, But Not All

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

Seven Days in Solitary [3/2/14]

Doing “Bing Time”: Memories of a Mental Health Worker in Rikers Island’s Solitary Confinement Unit

ADX H-Unit on Hunger Strike, Prisoners Being Force-Fed

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

Seven Days in Solitary [2/23/14]

Lawsuit Secures New Limits on Solitary Confinement in New York’s Prisons