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•  A study conducted in 2017 concluded that recent incrementalist reforms in Washington state prisons’ Intensive Management Units, where people are held for 22 hours a day in isolation, failed to alleviate the suffering of solitary confinement. In this study, published in the journal Health Justice, interviewers spoke with 183 people, both incarcerated people and staff, […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/11/21]

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by Roxanne Barnes

August 13, 2021

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Everyday Torture

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by Voices from Solitary

August 2, 2021

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Why Did They Choose Antonio?

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by Voices from Solitary

May 14, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

A Month in Solitary [5/3/21]

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by Annalena Wolcke

May 3, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/15/21]

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by Lizzie Kane

February 15, 2021

Ridgeway Reporting Project

How to Survive Supermax

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by Solitary Confinement Reporting Project

June 20, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/24/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 24, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/25/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

March 25, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/31/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 31, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/17/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 17, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/19/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 19, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/5/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 5, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/29/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 29, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/05/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

April 5, 2015

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/11/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

January 11, 2015

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “Suicide Is Preferable to Long-Term Segregation”

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by Voices from Solitary

March 21, 2013

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