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Solitary Confinement

Just east of Capitol Hill, on 19th Street between D and E streets, lies a complex of reddish brown concrete buildings. These are the District of Columbia’s jail facilities – the Central Detention Facility (CDF) and The Central Treatment Facility (CTF). Along with some 2,000 adults, these buildings house children under the age of 18 who have […]

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Solitary Confinement

DC’s Youth Face Solitary Confinement in District Jails and Federal Prisons

Lifelines to Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/15/13]

Solitary Confinement: Too Controversial for Costco

Women in Solitary Confinement: Sent to Solitary for Reporting Sexual Assault

Women in Solitary Confinement: “The Isolation Degenerates Us Into Madness”

Activists Urge U.S. Government to Grant UN Torture Expert Access to New York’s Prisons

Seven Days in Solitary [12/8/13]

Mandela in Solitary

How Many People Are In Solitary Confinement in California’s Prisons?

Seven Days in Solitary [12/1/13]

Voices from Solitary: “Finally Out and Among the Living”

“This Draconian System of Punishment and Abuse”: An Interview with Ray Luc Levasseur

Voices from Solitary: “A Prison Where the Building Becomes the Shackles”

Seven Days in Solitary [11/24/13]

Federal Bureau of Prisons Details Plans for Limited “Audit” of Solitary Confinement Practices

Voices from Solitary: Life in H-Unit, ADX Federal Supermax

Seven Days in Solitary [11/17/13]

Voices from Solitary: Welcome to the SHU

In States That “Reduce” Their Use of Solitary Confinement, Suffering Continues for Those Left Behind

Seven Days in Solitary [11/10/13]

New Report Criticizes Use of Solitary Confinement in New Mexico Prisons and Jails

Reports Condemn Solitary Confinement in New York City’s Jails, As Officials Weigh Its Future

Seven Days in Solitary [11/3/13]

Prison Segregation and Racial Disparities

Voices from Solitary: Solitary Confinement’s Invisible Scars

Seven Days in Solitary [10/27/13]

One Month After Historic Hunger Strike, California Lawmakers Hold Hearings on Solitary Confinement

Seven Days in Solitary [10/20/13]