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• A North Carolina man convicted of gang-related murders, and sentenced to eight life sentences, is enduring a heightened form of isolation after being placed on “Special Administrative Measures,” or SAMs, restrictions on his conditions of incarceration that are usually reserved for accused terrorists. Jamell Cureton is one of only 48 people in Bureau of […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/07/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

May 7, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/19/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

March 19, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/25/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

December 25, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/16/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

October 16, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/13/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

September 15, 2015

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/9/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

August 9, 2015

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/2/2014]

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by Aviva Stahl

November 2, 2014

News & Features

The “Vicious Cycles” Created by Solitary Confinement

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by Sal Rodriguez

February 24, 2013

News & Features

Utah Supermax Prisoners Report Being “Treated Like an Animal”

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by Sal Rodriguez

February 15, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Brandon Green, Chronicler of Solitary Confinement

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by Sal Rodriguez

January 11, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “No Wonder There Are So Many Suicides”

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by Voices from Solitary

December 17, 2012

News & Features

Mentally Ill Utah Prisoner Sentenced to 20 Days in Solitary for Not Moving Cup Fast Enough

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by Sal Rodriguez

December 13, 2012

News & Features

“I Write, Read, Cry, Sleep and Beg for Death”: Life In Utah’s Supermax

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by Sal Rodriguez

October 25, 2012

News & Features

“Waiting For The World To Give Us A Reason To Live”: Solitary Confinement in Utah

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by Sal Rodriguez

October 24, 2012

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “A Sort of Solitary Psychosis”

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by Voices from Solitary

July 22, 2012

News & Features

A Day in the Life of Three Prisoners in Solitary Confinement

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by Sal Rodriguez

June 29, 2012

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: From the Vortex of Uinta One

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by Voices from Solitary

June 14, 2012

News & Features

Mentally Ill Inmate Starves to Death in Utah Jail

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 6, 2011

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “Home Sweet Home”

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

October 16, 2010

News & Features

The Machinery of Death: Some Death Row Prisoners Can Still Opt for Firing Squad (or Electric Chair, Gas Chamber, or Noose)

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 7, 2010

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