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An article in yesterday’s USA Today suggests that there’s been a widespread reduction in the use of solitary confinement in state prisons. Its author, Kevin Johnson, has done excellent reporting on solitary confinement in the past. And everything in this article is factually correct. But some of its generalizations and especially its headline (for which the author cannot be […]

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No Evidence of National Reduction in Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 15, 2010

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Lessons from Solitary

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

June 3, 2010

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Abuse and Cover-Up in California Prisons’ “Behavior Management Units”

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 12, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: New Memoir by Wilbert Rideau

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

May 6, 2010

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Atul Gawande on Solitary Confinement: Our Generation of Americans “Has Countenanced Legalized Torture”

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

April 13, 2010

Voices from Solitary

AFSC Seeks Stories of Isolation and Torture in U.S. Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 4, 2010

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Solitary Watch Watches National Geographic’s Experiment in Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 2, 2010

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Solitary Confinement: Coming Live to a Computer Near You

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 2, 2010

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Ask Shamu: The U.S. Tortures Both Human and Animal Prisoners

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

March 16, 2010

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