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This month, advocates and people behind bars received statistical proof for something they have long suspected—that gay, lesbian and transgender individuals in prison are placed in solitary confinement at significantly greater rates than their heterosexual and cisgender peers. On October 16, the organization Black & Pink released a groundbreaking report, “Coming Out of Concrete Closets,” which examines […]

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85% of LGBTQ People Behind Bars Report Spending Time in Solitary

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by Aviva Stahl

October 26, 2015

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/19/2015]

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by Vaidya Gullapalli

April 19, 2015

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New ACLU Report Examines Devastating Impact of Solitary Confinement on Women

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by Victoria Law

April 24, 2014

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The Ten Worst Prisons in America

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 2, 2013

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“Complete Lawlessness” at Orleans Parish Prison

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

April 7, 2012

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Abu Ghraib on the Allegheny: Sexual and Physical Abuse at Pennsylvania Prison

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 28, 2011

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Prisoner Sent to Solitary for Reporting Rape Takes Her Case to the Supreme Court

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

November 2, 2010

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LGBT Kids in Prison Face Rape, Beatings, and Isolation

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 13, 2010

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Two Clinton Era Laws That Allow Cruel and Unusual Punishment (Redux)

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 22, 2010

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Woman Prisoner Sent to Solitary for Reporting Rape by Guard

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 3, 2010

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