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Solitary Confinement

The following roundup features noteworthy news, reports and opinions on solitary confinement from the past week that have not been covered in other Solitary Watch posts. • In early January, a South Carolina judge ruled that the treatment of individuals with mental illness in state prisons was unconstitutional – particularly the disproportionate use of solitary […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/26/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

January 26, 2014

News & Features

Women in Solitary Confinement: Buried Inside the Federal Prison System

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by Victoria Law

January 24, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/19/13]

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by Jean Casella

January 19, 2014

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As New York City Jails Amend Their Solitary Confinement Practices, Abuses on Rikers Island Continue

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by Aviva Stahl

January 16, 2014

News & Features

New Campaign Highlights Post-9/11 Civil and Human Rights Abuses on American Soil

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by Aviva Stahl

January 13, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/12/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

January 12, 2014

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Mentally Ill in South Carolina’s Prisons Suffer Decades of Abuse and Neglect

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

January 11, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/5/14]

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by Abby Taskier

January 5, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “This Massive Mind-Fuck Machine”

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by Voices from Solitary

January 5, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/29/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

December 29, 2013

News & Features

War [on Crime] Is Over — If You Want It

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 27, 2013

News & Features

Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 23, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/22/13]

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by Abby Taskier

December 22, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Thin Comfort

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by Voices from Solitary

December 20, 2013

News & Features

DC’s Youth Face Solitary Confinement in District Jails and Federal Prisons

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by Abby Taskier

December 19, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/15/13]

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by Jean Casella

December 15, 2013

News & Features

Solitary Confinement: Too Controversial for Costco

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

December 13, 2013

News & Features

Women in Solitary Confinement: Sent to Solitary for Reporting Sexual Assault

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by Victoria Law

December 12, 2013

News & Features

Women in Solitary Confinement: “The Isolation Degenerates Us Into Madness”

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by Victoria Law

December 11, 2013

News & Features

Activists Urge U.S. Government to Grant UN Torture Expert Access to New York’s Prisons

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by Marlies Talay

December 9, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/8/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

December 8, 2013

News & Features

Mandela in Solitary

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 7, 2013

News & Features

How Many People Are In Solitary Confinement in California’s Prisons?

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by Sal Rodriguez

December 4, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/1/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

December 1, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “Finally Out and Among the Living”

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by Voices from Solitary

November 29, 2013

News & Features

“This Draconian System of Punishment and Abuse”: An Interview with Ray Luc Levasseur

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by Aviva Stahl

November 27, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “A Prison Where the Building Becomes the Shackles”

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by Voices from Solitary

November 27, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/24/13]

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by Jean Casella

November 24, 2013

News & Features

Federal Bureau of Prisons Details Plans for Limited “Audit” of Solitary Confinement Practices

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

November 22, 2013

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