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In the United States, being locked away in long-term solitary confinement is arguably the worst thing that can legally be done to a human being, short of the death penalty. Solitary’s deeply harmful effects on emotional, psychological, and physical well-being are now so well-documented as to be irrefutable, and a growing international consensus equates the […]

News & Features

How Many People Are in Solitary Confinement Today?

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by Joshua Manson

January 4, 2019

News & Features

In Virginia’s Prisons, Hundreds Still Trapped in Solitary Confinement Despite Reforms — and Denials

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by Katie Rose Quandt

June 11, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/10/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

June 10, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/3/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

June 3, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/6/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

May 6, 2018

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