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In 1991, Southport Correctional Facility became New York state’s first “supermax”—a prison designed to hold people in near-total isolation. In a 2017 article, Victoria Law reported on the experience of people held there in an article for Solitary Watch. Approximately 350 men were in solitary confinement at the prison, over 90 percent of them Black […]

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New York’s Oldest Supermax Prison Closes as State Prepares to Implement Law Limiting Solitary Confinement

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by Victoria Law

March 11, 2022

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New York Supermax

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by Victoria Law

December 14, 2017

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Widespread Brutality and Solitary Confinement Followed New York Prison Escape, Report Finds

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by Julia Hettiger

June 21, 2016

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Will Lawsuits and Exposés Lead to Reform of Florida’s Brutal Prisons?

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by Laura Cepero

June 18, 2015

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New Report Documents Brutal Treatment of People with Mental Illness in U.S. Prisons and Jails

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by Vaidya Gullapalli

May 22, 2015

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New York City Officials and Advocates Push for Change to the “Culture of Brutality” on Rikers Island

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by Savannah Crowley

August 20, 2014

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Videos Show Abuse of Mentally Ill in California Prisons

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by Lisa Dawson

October 4, 2013

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