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Solitary Confinement

At the Lincoln Hills School for Boys (LHS), a juvenile correctional facility in far northern Wisconsin, two entire buildings called the Krueger Unit and the Roosevelt Unit exist solely for the purpose of holding children in solitary confinement for 22 to 23 hours a day. Each unit holds two-dozen isolation cells, which measure seven by […]

News & Features

At Wisconsin Juvenile Prisons, Children Face a Nightmare of Solitary Confinement and Abuse

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 22, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/19/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

February 19, 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

News & Features

Trump Wants to Bring Back Torture. For Thousands of Americans, It Never Went Away.

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 10, 2017

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Filming Inside a Hidden World: Q&A With the Director of HBO’s “Solitary”

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by Jean Casella

February 6, 2017

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Looking Back on Six Years of Leadership Against Solitary Confinement With UN Torture Expert Juan Méndez

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by James Ridgeway

January 30, 2017

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New Report Shows Devastating Impact of Solitary Confinement on Incarcerated People with Physical Disabilities     

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by Joshua Manson

January 12, 2017

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Movement to End Juvenile Solitary Confinement Gains Ground, But Hundreds of Kids Remain in Isolation

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by Mary Read

January 4, 2017

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: In Memoriam

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by Voices from Solitary

December 30, 2016

News & Features

Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 22, 2016

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “Breathtakingly Irresponsible”

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by Voices from Solitary

December 21, 2016

News & Features

Letters from the Hole

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by James Ridgeway

December 12, 2016

Announcements

Please Support “Lifelines to Solitary”

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

November 28, 2016

News & Features

What Trump and Sessions Could Mean for Solitary Confinement in America’s Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

November 18, 2016

News & Features

Man Held in Solitary Confinement for 37 Years Wins Legal Victory in Pennsylvania

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by Sarah Blatt-Herold

November 3, 2016

News & Features

Senate Democrats Introduce Landmark Bill to Reform Solitary Confinement in Federal Prisons

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by Joshua Manson

October 7, 2016

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Writer in Solitary Confinement Is Barred from Reading His Own Book

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by Sarah Blatt-Herold

September 20, 2016

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New Report Documents Devastating Effects of Solitary Confinement on Mental Illness

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by Joshua Manson

September 9, 2016

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Arizona Prison Received Warnings Weeks Before Teenager’s Suicide in Solitary Confinement Cell

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by Julia Hettiger

September 3, 2016

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Chelsea Manning, No Stranger to Solitary Confinement, Faces Indefinite Isolation After Suicide Attempt

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by Julia Hettiger

August 11, 2016

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At Virginia’s Supermax Prisons, Isolation and Abuse Persist Despite Reforms

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by Katie Rose Quandt and Jack Denton

August 4, 2016

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Immigrant Detainees Routinely Placed in Solitary Confinement in New Jersey Jail

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by Julia Hettiger

July 21, 2016

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Solitary Confinement in Rhode Island Faces Challenges From Legislators, Activists

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by Annajane Yolken

July 15, 2016

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“Dying to Live”: Hunger Strike in Wisconsin Prison Protests Indefinite Solitary Confinement

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by Sarah Blatt-Herold

June 23, 2016

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Solitary Is a Living Death

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by Voices from Solitary

June 21, 2016

News & Features

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

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by Julia Hettiger

June 21, 2016

News & Features

Solitary Confinement on Television: ‘Orange Is the New Black’ and Pop Culture’s Lockup Landscape

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by Hallie Grossman

June 16, 2016

News & Features

Settlement in 11-Year Lawsuit Promises Relief from Abuse for Mentally Ill in South Carolina’s Prisons

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by Sarah Blatt-Herold

June 10, 2016

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Locked Down Alone: New Report Documents Solitary Confinement in Ohio’s Prisons

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by Sarah Blatt-Herold

June 3, 2016

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