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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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Retaliation

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

Seven Days in Solitary [9/22/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/15/21]

Immigrant Detainees Went on Hunger Strike Against Intolerable Conditions and COVID Exposure. ICE Punished Them with Solitary Confinement.

Seven Days in Solitary [1/18/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/11/20]

D.C. Jail: From Hellhole to Hotspot

Seven Days in Solitary [12/28/20]

Fourteen Days in Solitary [12/21/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/7/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/30/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/23/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/26/20]

Voices from Solitary: Flipping the Script

Seven Days in Solitary [9/28/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/21/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/7/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/31/20]

Fourteen Days in Solitary [8/24/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/10/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/3/20]

Voices from Solitary: What Starts in ADX Stays in ADX

Seven Days in Solitary [7/27/20]

Fourteen Days in Solitary [7/6/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/15/20]

Fourteen Days in Solitary [6/8/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/18/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/11/20]

As COVID-19 Spreads Through Prisons, Solitary Confinement Is Used to Punish Whistleblowers and Suppress Protests