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• The Lancet Public Health Journal published the findings of a five-year study that examined the post-release effects of solitary confinement, by tracking nearly 14,000 people rotating through Danish jails and prisons. The Cornell University study, which is the second study to find an increased risk of mortality for people released after having spent time in […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/10/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 10, 2020

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Seven Days in Solitary [2/17/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 17, 2020

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Seven Days in Solitary [4/20/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

April 22, 2020

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Seven Days in Solitary [5/4/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

May 4, 2020

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Fourteen Days in Solitary [6/8/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

June 8, 2020

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Fourteen Days in Solitary [7/20/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

July 21, 2020

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Seven Days in Solitary [7/27/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

July 27, 2020

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Seven Days in Solitary [10/19/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 19, 2020

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Seven Days in Solitary [10/26/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 26, 2020

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Seven Days in Solitary [1/18/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 18, 2021

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Seven Days in Solitary [11/23/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 23, 2020

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Seven Days in Solitary [11/30/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 30, 2020

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Seven Days in Solitary [12/7/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 7, 2020

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Seven Days in Solitary [9/22/21]

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by Roxanne Barnes

September 22, 2021

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DC’s Youth Face Solitary Confinement in District Jails and Federal Prisons

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by Abby Taskier

December 19, 2013

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In a Maryland Jail, Teens Charged As Adults Face Isolation and Neglect

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by Aviva Stahl

June 17, 2014

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Movement to End Juvenile Solitary Confinement Gains Ground, But Hundreds of Kids Remain in Isolation

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by Mary Read

January 4, 2017

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A Watershed Year in the Movement to Stop Solitary Confinement

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

January 2, 2020

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Controversy Over Kids in Solitary Confinement in Texas

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 8, 2012

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ACLU Says Teen Tortured at Montana Prison

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

December 30, 2009

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Kids in Solitary Confinement: America’s Official Child Abuse

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

October 11, 2012

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Scientists Discover How Social Isolation Damages Young Brains

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 18, 2012

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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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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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