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• The Colorado Independent reported on the story of Sam Mandez, a 41-year-old man who was sentenced to life without parole under the state’s felony murder law for being the lookout at a robbery at which someone was killed. Mandez was fourteen years old at the time. Under the 2012 Supreme Court ruling that bars mandatory life […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/16/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 16, 2019

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Transgender Women of Color Face Crushing Rates of Incarceration, Solitary Confinement, and Abuse

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by Joshua Manson

July 22, 2019

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Seven Days in Solitary [7/1/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

July 1, 2019

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Seven Days in Solitary [5/13/19]

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May 13, 2019

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Seven Days in Solitary [5/6/19]

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May 6, 2019

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Seven Days in Solitary [1/28/19]

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January 28, 2019

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Seven Days in Solitary [8/31/14]

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by Lisa Dawson

August 31, 2014

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Prisoners to Remain on Rikers Island As Hurricane Sandy Heads for New York: UPDATED

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

October 28, 2012

City Responds on Emergency Plans for Rikers Island

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 31, 2011

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