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It was May 2020, and Esther Arias was finally going to be released from prison. For years of her 14-year sentence, she had held out hope that she would win her appeal and surprise her four kids one day by picking them up from school. But by the time her now-adult children came to the […]

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“You Can Never Get That Time Back”: Solitary Confinement Is Devastating for Incarcerated Mothers and Their Children

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by Ella Goldblum

November 13, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [08/27/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

August 27, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/11/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

June 11, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/28/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

May 28, 2017

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At Wisconsin Juvenile Prisons, Children Face a Nightmare of Solitary Confinement and Abuse

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 22, 2017

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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

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/24/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

July 24, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/1/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

May 1, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/24/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

January 24, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/17/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

January 17, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/31/15]

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by Aviva Stahl

May 31, 2015

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/24/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

May 24, 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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Advisers to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission Hold Briefing on Juvenile Solitary Confinement in New York

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by Victoria Law

July 14, 2014

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Florida Bill Would Limit Use of Solitary Confinement on Children

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by Lisa Dawson

March 14, 2013

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Photography Exhibition Highlights Children in Solitary

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

January 13, 2013

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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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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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Children in Solitary

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 3, 2012

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Children in Lockdown: Solitary Confinement of Teens in Adult Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

January 30, 2010

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