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Virginia Department of Corrections

A potentially far-reaching federal lawsuit filed last week claims that a vulnerable young man was so ravaged by his 600 days in solitary confinement at Virginia’s notorious Red Onion prison that he lost the ability to speak coherently, recognize his own mother, or understand who or where he was. The suit names as defendants not […]

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Solitary Confinement Caused “Complete Mental and Physical Collapse” of Man in Virginia Prison, Lawsuit Contends

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by Joshua Manson

July 15, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/13/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

May 13, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/4/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 4, 2019

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 7, 2019

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 16, 2018

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Seven Days in Solitary [12/2/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 2, 2018

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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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