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Everyone concerned with solitary confinement has been closely watching a landmark effort in the Maine state legislature to pass a bill that would have significantly limited the practice in state prisons. On Monday that effort culminated in what some advocates have called a “gutted” version of the bill–and others see as a meaningful first step toward […]

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Maine Legislature Votes to Study Solitary Confinement Practices–But Not to Change Them

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

April 7, 2010

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A Suspicious (and Lonely) Death in Maine State Prison’s Lockdown Unit

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

March 19, 2010

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Maine’s Solitary Confinement Bill: Another Test of Our Tolerance for Torture

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

March 5, 2010

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