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Suicide

Solitary Watch’s James Ridgeway and Katie Rose Quandt have a new story out today in the Village Voice, about a young man with multiple psychological disabilities whose time in New York’s State prisons has included isolation, brutality–and a new six-year sentence for a suicide attempt.  = = = = = = = = = = […]

News & Features

Suicidal in Solitary

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by James Ridgeway and Katie Rose Quandt

April 5, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/25/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

September 25, 2016

News & Features

New Report Documents Devastating Effects of Solitary Confinement on Mental Illness

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by Joshua Manson

September 9, 2016

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Arizona Prison Received Warnings Weeks Before Teenager’s Suicide in Solitary Confinement Cell

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by Julia Hettiger

September 3, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/21/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

August 21, 2016

News & Features

Chelsea Manning, No Stranger to Solitary Confinement, Faces Indefinite Isolation After Suicide Attempt

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by Julia Hettiger

August 11, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/07/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

August 7, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/5/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

June 5, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/22/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

May 22, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/29/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

November 29, 2015

News & Features

Shakeup in Alaska Prisons Targets “Overuse” of Solitary Confinement

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by Garrett Zehr

November 24, 2015

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Report Blasts Conditions at District of Columbia Jail

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by Courtney Belme and James Ridgeway

August 26, 2015

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Kalief Browder’s Life and Death Galvanize Action to End Solitary Confinement

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by Hallie Grossman

June 29, 2015

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Will Lawsuits and Exposés Lead to Reform of Florida’s Brutal Prisons?

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by Laura Cepero

June 18, 2015

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New Report Documents Brutal Treatment of People with Mental Illness in U.S. Prisons and Jails

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by Vaidya Gullapalli

May 22, 2015

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Voices from ADX: Living “Inside America’s Toughest Prison”

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 2, 2015

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Officials, Advocates Call for Restrictions on Solitary Confinement in Wisconsin

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by Lisa Dawson

March 30, 2015

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “I Am Somebody’s Daughter”

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by Voices from Solitary

February 24, 2015

News & Features

Arizona Opens New $50M Supermax Prison; Report Denounces State’s Use of Solitary

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by Lisa Dawson

December 11, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: The Life of an Escape Artist

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by Voices from Solitary

December 8, 2014

News & Features

Fates Worse Than Death?

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 3, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/23/2014]

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by Aviva Stahl

November 23, 2014

News & Features

On Trial for Protesting Conditions in Solitary Confinement: The Case of the Dallas 6

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by Victoria Law

November 10, 2014

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“A Girl Hung Herself Yesterday”: Deaths in Custody at California Institution for Women

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by Victoria Law

November 5, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: The Heaviness of Blood

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by Voices from Solitary

October 31, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Survivors Speak

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by Voices from Solitary

October 21, 2014

News & Features

U.S. Government Tells UN: “No Systematic Use of Solitary Confinement in the United States”

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by Jean Casella

October 14, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: At War With My Own Self

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by Voices from Solitary

September 30, 2014

News & Features

News from the Hole: The Words of People in Solitary Confinement in America’s Prisons

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by James Ridgeway

September 4, 2014

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