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Vera Institute for Justice

The Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola holds more than 6,000 men, three-quarters of whom are Black, in an area larger than Manhattan. Angola, which takes its name from the slave plantation that once occupied the site, is a place synonymous with draconian sentences and nightmarish conditions. But even here, a special level of dread has […]

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Can Architects Help End Solitary Confinement?

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by Nicole Capozziello

November 29, 2021

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Digging Our Way Out of the Hole: Keeping Prisons Safe Without Solitary Confinement

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by Solitary Confinement Reporting Project

October 14, 2020

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Seven Days in Solitary [5/20/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

May 20, 2019

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Seven Days in Solitary [5/6/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

May 6, 2018

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