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In 1991, Southport Correctional Facility became New York state’s first “supermax”—a prison designed to hold people in near-total isolation. In a 2017 article, Victoria Law reported on the experience of people held there in an article for Solitary Watch. Approximately 350 men were in solitary confinement at the prison, over 90 percent of them Black […]

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New York’s Oldest Supermax Prison Closes as State Prepares to Implement Law Limiting Solitary Confinement

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by Victoria Law

March 11, 2022

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Solitary Confinement Is Fueling New York’s Prison Suicide Crisis

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by Joshua Manson

May 29, 2020

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New York Supermax

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by Victoria Law

December 14, 2017

SW Reports

Solitary Watch Partners With Advocacy Groups on First Report Exposing Solitary Confinement in Nevada

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by Jean Casella

February 14, 2017

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Widespread Brutality and Solitary Confinement Followed New York Prison Escape, Report Finds

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by Julia Hettiger

June 21, 2016

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Children Held in Solitary Confinement in Nebraska for “Days, Weeks, Even Months”

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by Sal Rodriguez

January 12, 2016

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With New Report, Prison Officials Commit to Reducing Their Use of Solitary Confinement

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by Garrett Zehr

September 8, 2015

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California Prison Conditions Driving Prisoners to Suicide

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by Sal Rodriguez

March 15, 2013

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