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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

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Seven Days in Solitary [2/19/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

February 19, 2017

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by Aviva Stahl

February 22, 2015

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Controversy Erupts at Public Meeting on New Rikers Island Isolation Units

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by Victoria Law and Eva Lerner

December 22, 2014

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Seven Days in Solitary [12/14/2014]

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by Aviva Stahl

December 14, 2014

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