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• A Maine Superior Court judge has ruled that a prisoner’s length of stay in solitary confinement amounted to “an atypical and significant hardship.” Douglass Burr spent almost two years in isolation at the Special Management Unit at Maine Street Prison for allegedly presenting a security risk. In Maine, the longest someone can be held in […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/30/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

July 30, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/16/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

July 16, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/21/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

May 21, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/28/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

June 28, 2015

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/1/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

March 1, 2015

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/18/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

January 18, 2015

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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

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New ACLU Report Examines Devastating Impact of Solitary Confinement on Women

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by Victoria Law

April 24, 2014

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Women in Solitary Confinement: Buried Inside the Federal Prison System

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by Victoria Law

January 24, 2014

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Women in Solitary Confinement: Sent to Solitary for Reporting Sexual Assault

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by Victoria Law

December 12, 2013

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Women in Solitary Confinement: “The Isolation Degenerates Us Into Madness”

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by Victoria Law

December 11, 2013

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Women in California Prison Isolation Units Face Overcrowding and Despair

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 1, 2013

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