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Solitary confinement
Solitary confinement news and analysis from The Nation
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August 20, 2019
No, Epstein was not killed by a cabal of powerful men who wanted to silence him. But his death was part of a larger plot: the US prison system.
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November 12, 2018
In letters compiled by the American Prison Writing Archive, inmates share accounts of suicide, friendship, and solitary confinement.
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July 13, 2018
Five years after he helped launch the largest-ever prison hunger strike, Todd Ashker is back in isolation. And he’s not the only one.
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April 25, 2016
A new report demonstrates how medical negligence played a significant role in many detention center deaths.
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February 22, 2016
The case of Russell Maroon Shoatz, who spent nearly 30 years in solitary confinement, could set a precedent for others held in prolonged isolation.
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October 19, 2015
Don’t overlook the needs of the elderly in criminal-justice reform.
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October 14, 2015
If we don’t face the injustice of the very existence of prisons, the root causes of mass incarceration will go unaddressed.
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February 24, 2015
The uprising puts the spotlight on the cozy relationship between private prison corporations and the nation’s immigration enforcement machinery.
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December 15, 2014
But the Senate report could be the opening we need to really make US torture a thing of the past.
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October 14, 2014
The case of Ayyub Abdul-Alim fits a decades-long pattern of government criminalization of African-American Muslims.
