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Women in Solitary Confinement: “The Isolation Degenerates Us into Madness“

Loaded on Oct. 10, 2014 by Victoria Law published in Prison Legal News October, 2014, page 12
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Gender Discrimination -- Women, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Ad-Seg Hearings.

Women in Solitary Confinement: “The Isolation Degenerates Us into Madness“

by Victoria Law

A mass prisoner hunger strike rocked California’s prison system last year, drawing international attention to the extensive use of solitary confinement in the United States. Increasingly, solitary is finding its way into the mainstream media and onto ...

 

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  14. Seventh Circuit Extends Appeal Filing Deadline for Prisoner Misled by Court Clerk, by Matthew Clarke
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