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• Just before leaving office, President Obama commuted the sentences of two survivors of solitary confinement. Puerto Rican Nationalist Oscar López Rivera spent 12 of his 35 years in prison in isolation. Whisteblower Chelsea Manning spent about a year in the box after her arrest, and was also placed in solitary after trying to commit […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/22/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

January 22, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/06/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

November 8, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/04/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

September 4, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/21/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

August 21, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/8/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

May 8, 2016

News & Features

Solitary Confinement Out of Control in Florida Prisons

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by Jack Denton

March 29, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/13/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

March 13, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/14/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

February 14, 2016

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: We Are All Animals

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by Voices from Solitary

October 9, 2015

News & Features

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

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by Laura Cepero

June 18, 2015

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: On Hunger Strike Against Brutal Treatment in Florida Prisons

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by Voices from Solitary

February 14, 2015

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/12/2014]

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by Aviva Stahl

October 12, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: A Day in the Life, Part VII

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by Voices from Solitary

September 26, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/27/14]

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by Savannah Crowley

July 27, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Reach Out

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by Voices from Solitary

July 24, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/13/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

July 13, 2014

News & Features

Ninety Years Old, Deaf, and in the Hole in a Florida Prison

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by Adelyn Baxter

July 10, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/6/2014]

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by Aviva Stahl

July 6, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/26/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

January 26, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Everyone Needs a Friend

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by Voices from Solitary

August 21, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “Death Row Diary” of Florida Man Scheduled to Die Tonight

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by Voices from Solitary

June 12, 2013

News & Features

Deaf Prisoners in Florida Face Abuse and Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

May 21, 2013

News & Features

Florida Bill Would Limit Use of Solitary Confinement on Children

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by Lisa Dawson

March 14, 2013

News & Features

Guarding the Fortresses: How Prison Policies Limit Media Access to Solitary Confinement

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by Rachel M. Cohen

March 5, 2013

News & Features

Solidarity and Solitary: When Unions Clash With Prison Reform

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 21, 2013

News & Features

The 2 Million Swing State Voters Who Won’t Be Voting Today

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

November 6, 2012

The Silent, Terrifying World of a Deaf Prisoner

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by James Ridgeway

December 20, 2011

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Letters from the Hole

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

October 10, 2010

News & Features

Prison Heat: Hunger Strike Highlights Summer’s Deadly Toll on U.S. Inmates

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

July 26, 2010

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