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Perhaps the most moving testimony Tuesday’s Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on solitary confinement came from death row exonoree Anthony Graves. Graves spent over 18 years on Texas’ death row for a crime he did not commit. Living in an 8 x 12 cell, he had little social contact, and described horrible, degrading conditions. “Like all […]

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Solitary and Death Row Survivor Anthony Graves Speaks Out

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by Sal Rodriguez

June 22, 2012

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Texas Hearing Finds Prisoners Released from Solitary Directly to the Streets

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 5, 2012

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Rastafarians Spend a Decade in Solitary for Refusing Haircuts

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 11, 2010

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Solitary Deaths in Immigrant Detention Centers

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

January 15, 2010

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Guarding the Fortresses: How Prison Policies Limit Media Access to Solitary Confinement

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by Rachel M. Cohen

March 5, 2013

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The Solitary Men of Texas Death Row

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

November 28, 2010

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Live from Death Row: 3,600 Americans Waiting Alone to Die

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

April 15, 2010

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How Many Prisoners Are in Solitary Confinement in the United States?

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 1, 2012

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New Report Documents the “Waste, Cost and Harm” of Solitary Confinement in Texas

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by Lakshmi Gopal

February 12, 2015

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Fourteen Days in Solitary [7/7/13]

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 7, 2013

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New Video: National Religious Campaign Against Torture Takes a Stand on Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

December 28, 2011

Texas Prepares to Execute Hank Skinner Without Testing DNA

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

November 7, 2011

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Children Routinely Held in Pre-Trial Solitary Confinement in Texas

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

October 22, 2010

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Private Prison Giant GEO Faces Fallout from Texas Prison Riots

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 2, 2010

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No Evidence of National Reduction in Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 15, 2010

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Punishment for Possessing One Joint = Jail, Solitary Confinement, and Deportation

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

March 31, 2010

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A Louisiana Inmate’s Death Wish

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by Jean Casella

January 6, 2010

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