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The following post is a chapter from an unpublished book by Mary Buser, who worked in various capacities in the mental health system on Rikers Island. In Buser’s own words: “I worked in the Rikers Mental Health Department as a psychiatric social worker for five and a half years, leaving Rikers in 2000. I started off as a student intern […]

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Doing “Bing Time”: Memories of a Mental Health Worker in Rikers Island’s Solitary Confinement Unit

Lawsuit Secures New Limits on Solitary Confinement in New York’s Prisons

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

Seven Days in Solitary [2/9/14]

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

Prison Health Care: Is the American Health Profession Ignoring a Human Rights Issue Hiding in Plain Sight?

Seven Days in Solitary [1/26/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/19/13]

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

Seven Days in Solitary [1/12/13]

Mentally Ill in South Carolina’s Prisons Suffer Decades of Abuse and Neglect

Voices from Solitary: “This Massive Mind-Fuck Machine”

Seven Days in Solitary [12/29/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/22/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/15/13]

Women in Solitary Confinement: “The Isolation Degenerates Us Into Madness”

Seven Days in Solitary [11/24/13]

Federal Bureau of Prisons Details Plans for Limited “Audit” of Solitary Confinement Practices

Seven Days in Solitary [11/17/13]

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

Seven Days in Solitary [11/10/13]

New Report Criticizes Use of Solitary Confinement in New Mexico Prisons and Jails

Reports Condemn Solitary Confinement in New York City’s Jails, As Officials Weigh Its Future

Seven Days in Solitary [11/3/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/20/13]

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

Seven Days in Solitary [10/6/13]

Videos Show Abuse of Mentally Ill in California Prisons

Inside ADX Supermax: “A Bloody Nightmare”