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Ending Isolation

The Case Against Solitary Confinement
  • Christopher Blackwell
  • Deborah Zalesne
2025
Pluto Press

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Prisoners in a cell at Pelican Bay Prison in 2011.
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A Brief History of Solitary Confinement in America

The use of the punitive tactic exploded a century after US officials had deemed it too torturous.
by Christopher Blackwell via Jewish Currents on October 1, 2025
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