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Buried Alive: Solitary Confinement in Arizona’s Prisons and Jails

Loaded on April 15, 2008 by David Reutter published in Prison Legal News April, 2008, page 14
Filed under: Gang Policies, Reviews, International Law, Death Penalty/Death Row, Death Row, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness). Location: Arizona.
Buried Alive: Solitary Confinement in Arizona's Prisons and Jails

Review by David M. Reutter

"There have been a couple of times that I've tried to end my life in here, but they keep reviving me and bringing me back. When I asked why, I was told, 'You're not going to ...

 

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  1. Making the Bad Guy Pay: The Growing Use of Cost Shifting as an Economic Sanction, by Kirsten D. Levingston
  2. Buried Alive: Solitary Confinement in Arizona’s Prisons and Jails, by David Reutter
  3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
  4. Flurry of Escapes Emphasizes Prisoners' Desperation, by Matthew Clarke
  5. As Connecticut's Prison Population Increases, So Does the Number of Imprisoned Mentally Ill, by David Reutter
  6. Three Murders in Three Months at Mississippi Control Unit Lead to Improvements And New Consent Decree
  7. Pennsylvania Lifers' Commutation-Law Ex Post Facto Suit Remanded to Determine Standing, by John Dannenberg
  8. ADX Media Visit Staged To Dispel "Myths And Rumors", by Bob Williams
  9. Administrative Errors and Poor PHS Medical Care Precede Chronically Ill Vermont Prisoner's Death, by David Reutter
  10. Jail Uprisings in Oklahoma and Arkansas, by Matthew Clarke
  11. Florida Woman Sentenced to Probation for Unauthorized Practice of Law, by David Reutter
  12. California Sex Offenders Uprooted by New Restrictive Residency Law
  13. California’s Compassionate Release Law Expanded to Include the Medically Incapacitated
  14. Michigan Counties Unsuccessful at Collecting Costs of Jail Imprisonment, by Matthew Clarke
  15. Audit of Iowa Prison System’s Substance Abuse Treatment Programs Released, by Matthew Clarke
  16. Overcrowded, Understaffed California DOC Pays $471 Million in Overtime, by John Dannenberg
  17. Wrongful Death Following Alleged Mistaken Washington Jail Release Settles For $1,800,000
  18. Oregon Sheriff Sentenced to Jail/Sex-Offender Registration
  19. Washington State Opens Environmentally-Friendly Control Unit, by Matthew Clarke
  20. Drug-Resistant Staph Infection (MRSA) Deaths Nationwide Now Exceed Those From AIDS; Prison Connection Ignored, by John Dannenberg
  21. Federal Healthcare Receiver Investigates Out-of-State Deaths of Transferred California Prisoners, but Does His Authority Follow Them?, by John Dannenberg
  22. $1,000,000 Settlement in Heroin Addict’s Death at Chicago, Illinois, Jail
  23. Uprising at GEO Group Illinois Jail
  24. Bergen County Jail, New Jersey, Provides Laptops for Legal Research
  25. Tainted Chinese Toothpaste Distributed in U.S. Prisons and Hospitals, by Matthew Clarke
  26. BOP Prisoner Population Exceeds 200,000
  27. Iowa Prisons Fined $92,000 For Prisoner Workplace Accidents
  28. $1,825,000 Settlement in Alabama Prisoner’s Death from Flesh-Eating Bacteria
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