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Prisoner with Mental Illness Locked in Solitary Filth in Private Jail
A lawsuit filed in federal court in Tennessee claims that one prisoner at a privately run Nashville jail was placed in solitary confinement, where he was denied health care and did not shower,...
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From BOP to CCA: Federal Prison Director Defects to Private Prison Company
Less than a month after retiring from his post as Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Harley G. Lappin has been hired to a top positon at the nation’s largest private, for-profit prison...
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Private Prison Giant CCA Weighs in on Solitary Confinement
Photo: CCA Presumably spurred by the growing attention to solitary confinement, Corrections Corporation of America has produced a promotional piece on how it is “strategically serving” those it places...
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Seven Days in Solitary [10/5/2014]
The following roundup features noteworthy news, reports and opinions on solitary confinement from the past week that have not been covered in other Solitary Watch posts. • Eighth Amendment attorney...
View ArticleReport Blasts Conditions at District of Columbia Jail
Much has been written of late about the emergence of a bipartisan consensus on the need for criminal justice reform, encompassing both the White House and Congress. If this is true, the President and...
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• The Arthur Liman Public Interest Program at Yale Law School published a report entitled, “Variations in the Housing of Individuals Sentenced to Death,” which in part looks at the use of solitary on...
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