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The following roundup features noteworthy news, reports and opinions on solitary confinement from the past week that have not been covered in other Solitary Watch posts. • The Denver Post publishes an editorial in support of providing people who are held in administrative segregation at the Colorado State Penitentiary with outdoor exercise. Noting that a lawsuit has […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/29/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

December 29, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Thin Comfort

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by Voices from Solitary

December 20, 2013

News & Features

Women in Solitary Confinement: Sent to Solitary for Reporting Sexual Assault

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by Victoria Law

December 12, 2013

News & Features

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

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by Victoria Law

December 11, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “Finally Out and Among the Living”

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by Voices from Solitary

November 29, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “A Prison Where the Building Becomes the Shackles”

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by Voices from Solitary

November 27, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Solitary Confinement’s Invisible Scars

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by Voices from Solitary

October 31, 2013

News & Features

One Month After Historic Hunger Strike, California Lawmakers Hold Hearings on Solitary Confinement

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

October 22, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/13/13]

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by Jean Casella

October 13, 2013

News & Features

Federal Appeals Court Considers Tommy Silverstein’s 30 Years in Extreme Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella

September 25, 2013

News & Features

Day 59 of California Prison Hunger Strike: “Their Spirits Are High, Their Bodies Are Weak”

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by Sal Rodriguez

September 4, 2013

News & Features

Day 36 of California Hunger Strike: Hundreds Still Protesting Isolation Policies

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by Sal Rodriguez

August 12, 2013

News & Features

What Solitary Confinement Does to the Brain

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 11, 2013

News & Features

Angola 3’s Herman Wallace, Gravely Ill, Still Held in Isolation

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

June 24, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: 13.5 Square Feet

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by Voices from Solitary

June 20, 2013

News & Features

Federal Lawsuit Challenges Brutality in Solitary Confinement Unit at North Carolina Prison

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by Lisa Dawson

May 18, 2013

News & Features

The Ten Worst Prisons in America

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 2, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “You Are Solitary Confinement”

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by Voices from Solitary

May 1, 2013

News & Features

Video Shows Maine Prisoner with Mental Illness Brutally Subdued by Guards

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by Lisa Dawson

April 5, 2013

News & Features

Louisiana Attorney General Says Angola 3 “Have Never Been Held in Solitary Confinement”

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

March 21, 2013

News & Features

New Mexico Man Gets $15.5 Million for His Two-Year Ordeal in Solitary

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by Beth Broyles

March 17, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “Where Cold, Quiet and Emptiness Come Together”

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by Voices from Solitary

March 16, 2013

News & Features

Bradley Manning Marks 1,000 Days in Pre-Trial Detention

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 23, 2013

News & Features

State Bar Association Calls on New York to “Profoundly Restrict” Its Use of Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

January 30, 2013

News & Features

“Total Isolation”: Solitary Confinement in Oregon

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by Sal Rodriguez

September 11, 2012

News & Features

Guantanamo “Is Not an Aberration”: How the War on Terror Came Home

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 6, 2012

News & Features

A Day in the Life of Three Prisoners in Solitary Confinement

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by Sal Rodriguez

June 29, 2012

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: High Tech Brutality

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by Voices from Solitary

June 28, 2012

News & Features

Congress Unlocks America’s Hidden Shame of Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

June 21, 2012

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