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Pope Francis

• According to the Associated Press, NBC news anchor Lestor Holt spent two nights in a cell at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, to report on criminal justice reform. Holt stayed in the prison’s death row unit, where people are isolated in their cells for 23 hours a day. The man housed next to Holt had […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/9/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 9, 2019

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Pope Francis Denounces Solitary Confinement, Calls for Prison Conditions That “Respect Human Dignity”

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by Jean Casella

October 26, 2014

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