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The Baton Rouge Advocate reports that the Louisiana Department of Corrections “is contemplating the sale of prisons and the closure of an inmate isolation unit in order to cut costs during difficult budget times.” Corrections Secretary Jimmy LeBlanc told the Advocate, “Everything has to be put on the table” to deal with massive state budget deficits. […]

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Angola Prison May Close Lockdown Unit–But Vows to Keep Inmates in Isolation

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

October 15, 2010

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Teen Held in Solitary in Tennessee Jail Because He Can’t Make Bail

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

October 14, 2010

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All-American Prison Torture

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

October 12, 2010

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Leaving Cañon City

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

October 11, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Letters from the Hole

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

October 10, 2010

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John Thompson Takes a Louisiana Injustice from Death Row to the Supreme Court

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

October 5, 2010

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Obama and Bureau of Prisons Lowball Supermax Costs

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

October 3, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: A Little Taste of “Freedom”

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

September 27, 2010

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Solitary Watch Milestones

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

September 25, 2010

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How to Create Madness in Prison

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

September 23, 2010

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Lockdown Fuels “Cycle of Violence” at Federal Prison

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 22, 2010

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Another Prisoner With Mental Illness Dies in Isolation

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 21, 2010

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Cash-Strapped California to Spend $500 Million for New “Condemned Inmate Complex” (Death Row)

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 20, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “Geezer in the Hole”

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

September 18, 2010

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Psychiatrists on Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 16, 2010

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Life and Death in Pennsylvania’s Solitary Confinement Cells

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

September 7, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Katfish on Life in “The Bucket”

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 5, 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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Colorado State Penitentiary II Opens With 300 New Solitary Confinement Cells

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 1, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Walla Walla IMU

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 28, 2010

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“I Spent 29 Years in Solitary Confinement”

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

August 27, 2010

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Down Time for Solitary Watch

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 25, 2010

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“Outsourcing Punishment” and the Privatization of Justice

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 12, 2010

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Solitary Confinement Is a “Challenge for Medical Ethics”

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 11, 2010

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Obama’s First Military Tribunal: Child Soldier Tortured at Bagram and Gitmo

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 10, 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

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“Epidemic” of Suicides in Massachusetts Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 6, 2010

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Ridgeway on America’s Solitary Confinement Nightmare

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by Jean Casella

August 5, 2010

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Pennsylvania Legislators Hold Hearings on Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 5, 2010

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