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Solitary Lives
Stories and commentary about the use of solitary confinement for adults and minors in jails, prisons and juvenile halls. Curated by The Center for Investigative Reporting (@CIRonline)
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‘How big is the average cell in solitary?’
‘How big is the average cell in solitary?’
Head of U.S. Federal Prisons couldn’t answer basic question about solitary confinement.
Julia B. Chan, The Center for Investigative Reporting
Jul 24, 2014
Thinking outside the box
Thinking outside the box
Why Santa Cruz County Juvenile Hall is considered a model facility when it still places youth in 23-hour isolation, sometimes for days on end
Trey Bundy, The Center for Investigative Reporting
Apr 17, 2014
Q&A: Solitary confinement and teens shouldn’t mix
Q&A: Solitary confinement and teens shouldn’t mix
A neuroscientist explains the effects of isolation on the developing brain
Trey Bundy, The Center for Investigative Reporting
Apr 8, 2014
Is solitary confinement fueling a surge in violence on Rikers Island?
Is solitary confinement fueling a surge in violence on Rikers Island?
With a spike in use-of-force incidents by corrections officers over the past decade and a rash of inmate violence this year, what’s behind the mayhem on Rikers Island?
Reveal
Mar 21, 2014
Inside Rikers Island
Inside Rikers Island
A former guard’s photos reveal a rare glimpse of “the box,” the notorious New York City jail’s solitary confinement cells
Reveal
Mar 5, 2014
Sixteen, Alone, 23 Hours a Day, in a Six-by-Eight-Foot Box
Sixteen, Alone, 23 Hours a Day, in a Six-by-Eight-Foot Box
A pending settlement to ban juvenile solitary confinement as punishment in New York state prisons bypasses Rikers Island jail, and incarcerated teens who can’t afford bail
Trey Bundy
Mar 5, 2014
Video Animation: “The Box”—Ismael Nazario’s Story
A former teenage inmate tells how he was sent down to Rikers and spent more than 300 days in solitary, before he was ever convicted of a crime
Reveal
Mar 5, 2014
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