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  1. Feb 21

    BREAKING: Important victory in the struggle against torture by isolation.

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  2. Jan 25

    Today we filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of five men held in solitary confinement for between 16 and 27 years.

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  3. Feb 21

    Check out this landmark ruling that Virginia's practice of putting inmates in solitary confinement is unconstitutional. Cruel and unusual punishment. Oh ya, NBD, but it was my brilliant wife who argued and won it.

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  4. Jul 12

    Horrific news of another suicide, again in solitary, at Stewart Detention Center — a prison known for systemic rights violations

    Georgia Bureau of Investigation confirms that immigrant detainee who apparently hanged himself in ICE custody this week was being held in solitary confinement
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  5. Mar 15

    “The conditions in solitary confinement at EMCF are the worst I have witnessed in my 40 years as a forensic psychiatrist investigating jail and prison conditions,” Kupers said in a submitted report. 

    This week the U.S. Southern District Court in Jackson, Mississippi is hearing a 2013 federal lawsuit to hold the state of Mississippi responsible for solitary confinement and constitutional violations at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility.
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  6. Mar 13

    “Solitary confinement is designed to break you” says Anthony Graves.

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  7. 19 Dec 2017

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    Finally had a chance to read yesterday's decision in CCLA v Canada, declaring federal prison admin seg regime unconstitutional in part, with delayed declaration of invalidity. . Some brief thoughts 1/
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  8. Aug 9

    Director Mohr and the staff at ODRC have made some important changes to lessen the use of solitary confinement, but more needs to be done. People who have mental illness, but not "serious" mental illness are still kept in isolation routinely.

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  9. Aug 9

    As one of the people who worked on that report with my former colleague Adrienne Gavula, and friends at , those are firsthand accounts from people who have been in solitary. We toured Supermax and Max prisons to get their stories.

    In this horrifying GQ feature on solitary confinement, Ohio prisons chief Gary Mohr blows off the reporter's "repeated inquires" about details in a 2016 report: Mohr will be speaking at Aug. 17.
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  10. Aug 8

    From a man serving a life sentence at the age of 14. His description of solitary are chilling and horrifying. via

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  11. Aug 7

    We continue to call on to issue an executive order banning solitary confinement for vulnerable groups and to work with us to enact reform. Please join us in our push to bring compassion back to our prisons and jails:

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  12. Aug 1

    Could This Be the Worst Solitary Confinement Unit in the Nation? A Report and Lawsuit Expose Harrowing Conditions in a Georgia Prison

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  13. Aug 1

    ICE kills Mexican man with psych disability through solitary.

  14. Jul 19

    Two years today after Mariam's suicide, I'd like to think that a few things improved in 's prisons after her death, right ? ADC says they don't put kids in indeterminate confinement any more

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  15. Jun 23

    In a recent op-ed, Brian Moran argued Virginia's corrections system is a model for other states. He should have met these people who have been subjected to a torrent of abuse, including prolonged solitary confinement, in VA prisons:

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  16. Jun 21

    New lawsuit filed against the Palm Beach County Jail on behalf of children kept in solitary confinement. The extensive stories of mistreatment and abuse are just shocking:

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  17. Jun 14

    No matter what call it, confining people for 22-24 hours a day with minimal human interaction is a dehumanizing practice that does nothing to rehabilitate them, worsens their conditions, and leaves a stain on VA's human rights record.

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  18. Jun 4

    This is NOT what Real Reform Looks like! Exposes the Horror Behind the Hype!

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  19. Jun 3

    The agrees with us: "Even in Virginia, a state that has made great strides, fewer people should be in solitary, and they should be treated like human beings once they are there."

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  20. May 28

    These new findings by are consistent with what we know: Solitary confinement is used arbitrarily as punishments for low-level, non-violent offenses and disproportionately affects black men & people w/ mental health problems.

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