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• KIRO 7 reported that the family of Damaris Rodriguez, a 43-year-old mother of five who died in the South Correctional Entity Jail in Des Moines, Washington, in 2017, has released a video documenting her death. When Rodriguez’s husband called 911 to request an ambulance for her mental health episode, police took Rodriguez to the jail, where she was put in solitary confinement […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/17/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 17, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/9/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 9, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/26/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

August 26, 2019

News & Features

What Will It Take to End Solitary Confinement?

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 7, 2018

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Advocates Join Forces to End Long-Term Solitary Confinement in U.S. Prisons in the Next 10 Years

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

October 19, 2018

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Prisons Use Solitary Confinement to Silence Strikers Nationwide—But Their Voices Have Been Heard

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by Valerie Kiebala and Jean Casella

October 1, 2018

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Fly in the Ointment

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July 13, 2015

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Kalief Browder’s Life and Death Galvanize Action to End Solitary Confinement

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by Hallie Grossman

June 29, 2015

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Voices from ADX: Living “Inside America’s Toughest Prison”

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 2, 2015

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For Solitary Confinement in U.S. Prisons, A Year of Incremental Reform

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

January 7, 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

News & Features

On Rikers Island, an End to the Solitary Confinement of Children

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by Emily Sims

October 1, 2014

News & Features

News from the Hole: The Words of People in Solitary Confinement in America’s Prisons

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by James Ridgeway

September 4, 2014

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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

News & Features

Civil Rights Groups Demand Change for Transgender Women Held in Solitary in New York’s Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 19, 2014

News & Features

Videos Show Brutal Treatment of Prisoners with Mental Illness

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by Lisa Dawson

August 1, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/27/14]

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by Savannah Crowley

July 27, 2014

News & Features

New York Prisons Bar Media from Solitary Confinement Units

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 17, 2014

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City’s New Corrections Chief, Known for Solitary Confinement Reforms, Faces Steep Challenges on Rikers

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by Aviva Stahl

April 22, 2014

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Way Down in the Hole: Senate Hearing Challenges Solitary Confinement for Some, But Not All

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by Jean Casella

March 5, 2014

News & Features

New York Lawmakers Introduce Bill to End Long-Term Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella

February 4, 2014

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As New York City Jails Amend Their Solitary Confinement Practices, Abuses on Rikers Island Continue

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by Aviva Stahl

January 16, 2014

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Solitary Confinement: Too Controversial for Costco

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

December 13, 2013

News & Features

In States That “Reduce” Their Use of Solitary Confinement, Suffering Continues for Those Left Behind

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

November 13, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/3/13]

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by Jean Casella

November 5, 2013

News & Features

Under Fire, Federal Bureau of Prisons Audits Use of Solitary Confinement—and Buys a New Supermax Prison

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

October 18, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/13/13]

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by Jean Casella

October 13, 2013

Photo Requests from Solitary

New Project: Photo Requests from Solitary

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 22, 2013

News & Features

We Are One Body: Catholics Raise Voices Against Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 14, 2013

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