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Guest Commentary: The Pretrial Pressure Cooker

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|Date: February 03, 2023
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Guest Commentary: The Pretrial Pressure Cooker

By DC Content note: Names have been changed to protect the identities of people whose experiences are des ...

By DC Content note: Names have been changed to protect the identities of people whose experiences are described in this piece. My first experience in county jail was in solitary confinement. During my ...

February 03, 2023
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Commentary: What I Asked For

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 18, 2023
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Commentary: What I Asked For

By S. Hutson On the last Thursday of April 2020, I was in general population at Keen Mountain Correctiona ...

By S. Hutson On the last Thursday of April 2020, I was in general population at Keen Mountain Correctional Center in Virginia. I was desperate. I told an officer in my pod that I was having a hard ti ...

January 18, 2023
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Governor Newsom Vetoes Bill to Limit Solitary Confinement

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: October 12, 2022
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Governor Newsom Vetoes Bill to Limit Solitary Confinement

By Laurel Spear SACRAMENTO, CA — On Sept. 29, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed Assembly Bill 26 ...

By Laurel Spear SACRAMENTO, CA — On Sept. 29, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed Assembly Bill 2632. If passed, this bill would have limited solitary confinement to 15 consecutive days and no ...

October 12, 2022
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Advocates and Religious Groups Pressure CA Governor Newsom for Long Overdue Solitary Confinement Reform

Posted by Daniella Espinoza
|Date: September 19, 2022
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Advocates and Religious Groups Pressure CA Governor Newsom for Long Overdue Solitary Confinement Reform

By Daniella Espinoza SACRAMENTO, CA - A group of survivors of solitary confinement and faith leaders last ...

By Daniella Espinoza SACRAMENTO, CA - A group of survivors of solitary confinement and faith leaders last week delivered letters to CA Gov. Gavin Newsom urging the passing of AB 2632, the California M ...

September 19, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Indefinite Solitary Confinement is Purgatory

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 06, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Indefinite Solitary Confinement is Purgatory

Suffering and mental health deterioration with no end in sight By Michael “Scientific” Rivera “Indefinite ...

Suffering and mental health deterioration with no end in sight By Michael “Scientific” Rivera “Indefinite solitary confinement” is a phrase coined by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in 2017 to defi ...

July 06, 2022
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Guest Commentary: A Plea for the Elimination of Solitary Confinement in America’s Prisons

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 02, 2021
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Guest Commentary: A Plea for the Elimination of Solitary Confinement in America’s Prisons

By Ryan M. Moser If you stare at the same spot on the wall for an hour, then you’re probably bored or day ...

By Ryan M. Moser If you stare at the same spot on the wall for an hour, then you’re probably bored or daydreaming. If you intermittently stare at the same spot on the wall for 120 days in a row, you’v ...

December 02, 2021
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Commentary: The Invisible Line

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 19, 2021
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Commentary: The Invisible Line

By James Peratta The wonder of this nation that separates us from the rest of the world is how we embrace ...

By James Peratta The wonder of this nation that separates us from the rest of the world is how we embrace freedom and what we stand for. In effect, we have become a symbol to the world of what a free ...

October 19, 2021
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Looking Back at COVID-19 in Fresno County Jail – 40-Day Quarantines, Medical Neglect, No Programming

Posted by Covid In-Custody Project
|Date: June 09, 2021
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Looking Back at COVID-19 in Fresno County Jail – 40-Day Quarantines, Medical Neglect, No Programming

By Ned Meiners Jannat Alam, a former intern for the Covid In-Custody Project, contributed to this story ...

By Ned Meiners Jannat Alam, a former intern for the Covid In-Custody Project, contributed to this story FRESNO COUNTY-- In February of 2021, the Fresno County Jail made national headlines. With 3,985 ...

June 09, 2021
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‘Depressed, Frustrated, Paranoid’ – One Woman’s Yearlong Battle with COVID at Central CA Women’s Facility

Posted by Covid In-Custody Project
|Date: April 21, 2021
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‘Depressed, Frustrated, Paranoid’ – One Woman’s Yearlong Battle with COVID at Central CA Women’s Facility

By Alexis Hogan This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project -- an independent journalism proje ...

By Alexis Hogan This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project -- an independent journalism project that partners with the Davis Vanguard to bring reporting on the pandemic in California's cou ...

April 21, 2021
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New York Limits Solitary Confinement with Passage of New Bill

Posted by Özge Terzioğlu
|Date: April 17, 2021
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New York Limits Solitary Confinement with Passage of New Bill

By Kritika Singh NEW YORK — After many years of advocating to end solitary confinement, New York became t ...

By Kritika Singh NEW YORK — After many years of advocating to end solitary confinement, New York became the newest state to limit use of the practice. The passage of the Human Alternatives to Long-Ter ...

April 17, 2021
| by Özge Terzioğlu

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“He went four days without coming out of his cell for a call or shower” – COVID-19 Stories from CDCR’s CSP Solano

Posted by Covid In-Custody Project
|Date: February 04, 2021
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“He went four days without coming out of his cell for a call or shower” – COVID-19 Stories from CDCR’s CSP Solano

By Jaskiran Soomal This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project -- an independent journalism p ...

By Jaskiran Soomal This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project -- an independent journalism project that partners with the Davis Vanguard to bring reporting on the pandemic in California's ...

February 04, 2021
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“What little control they had is gone” – Mental Health Concerns Soar Amid Prison Covid-19 Restrictions

Posted by Covid In-Custody Project
|Date: January 18, 2021
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“What little control they had is gone” – Mental Health Concerns Soar Amid Prison Covid-19 Restrictions

By Koda Slingluff This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project -- an independent journalism pro ...

By Koda Slingluff This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project -- an independent journalism project that partners with the Davis Vanguard to bring reporting on the pandemic in California's c ...

January 18, 2021
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What Does Ethical COVID-19 Medical Isolation Look Like? AMEND @ UCSF Highlights Necessary Reforms to Solitary-Confinement-Style Quarantines

Posted by Covid In-Custody Project
|Date: October 13, 2020
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What Does Ethical COVID-19 Medical Isolation Look Like? AMEND @ UCSF Highlights Necessary Reforms to Solitary-Confinement-Style Quarantines

By Lauren Smith Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, prisons and jails across California have served as pet ...

By Lauren Smith Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, prisons and jails across California have served as petri dishes for the disease. The CDC advises medical isolation/quarantine for those who test posi ...

October 13, 2020
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Quarantine Becomes Solitary Confinement at San Quentin; Two More Deaths This Week

Posted by Covid In-Custody Project
|Date: September 06, 2020
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Quarantine Becomes Solitary Confinement at San Quentin; Two More Deaths This Week

By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives Lee'lannee Wade-Denard’s husband contracte ...

By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives Lee'lannee Wade-Denard’s husband contracted COVID-19 back in July while serving time at San Quentin Prison. Although he has since recover ...

September 06, 2020
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2019 Was a Watershed Year in the Movement to Stop Solitary Confinement

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 01, 2020
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2019 Was a Watershed Year in the Movement to Stop Solitary Confinement

The movement to stop the torturous practice of long-term solitary confinement gained traction in 2019. Th ...

The movement to stop the torturous practice of long-term solitary confinement gained traction in 2019. These are the achievements and developments the ACLU is most excited about, as well as what we're ...

January 01, 2020
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After Spending 16 Months in Solitary Confinement, Fighting to End It

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 04, 2019
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After Spending 16 Months in Solitary Confinement, Fighting to End It

By Kiana Calloway I was just 17 years old when I was sent to solitary confinement in “Camp J,” one of the ...

By Kiana Calloway I was just 17 years old when I was sent to solitary confinement in “Camp J,” one of the most severe lockdown units at one of America’s most brutal prisons, the Louisiana State Penite ...

July 04, 2019
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The Inhumane Conditions of Solitary for Incarcerated Women

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 01, 2019
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The Inhumane Conditions of Solitary for Incarcerated Women

By Ali Winters At the first checkpoint at Tennessee Prison for Women, there was a large, scrolling televi ...

By Ali Winters At the first checkpoint at Tennessee Prison for Women, there was a large, scrolling television screen behind the desk displaying the image of two pairs of hands – one pair with a key an ...

July 01, 2019
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DHS is Locking Immigrants in Solitary Confinement

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 27, 2019
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DHS is Locking Immigrants in Solitary Confinement

By Naureen Shah In 2012, I visited the federal supermax prison ADX Florence in Colorado and spoke with me ...

By Naureen Shah In 2012, I visited the federal supermax prison ADX Florence in Colorado and spoke with men living in solitary confinement. I listened closely to their stories of anguish, but I could n ...

May 27, 2019
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The First Step Act Is a Small Step for Incarcerated Women

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 29, 2018
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The First Step Act Is a Small Step for Incarcerated Women

By Anjana Samant The enactment of the First Step Act earlier this month will bring some much-needed chang ...

By Anjana Samant The enactment of the First Step Act earlier this month will bring some much-needed change to our criminal justice system. But the First Step Act remains just that, a first step — part ...

December 29, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Ending the Horror of Long-Term Solitary

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 06, 2018
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Ending the Horror of Long-Term Solitary

By Rick Raemisch In Colorado, long-term solitary confinement used to be a tool that was regularly used in ...

By Rick Raemisch In Colorado, long-term solitary confinement used to be a tool that was regularly used in corrections. The problem is that it was not corrective at all. It was indiscriminate punishmen ...

December 06, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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