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FAST Suspended Progress, Endangered Lives: A Call to Restore the HALT Solitary Confinement Law

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February 27, 2025

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Press Release

FAST Testimony for Senate Hearings on Solitary Confinement

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April 15, 2024

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News

UTB Testimony for Senate Hearings on Solitary Confinement

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April 15, 2024

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U.S. Senators Markey, Warren, Sanders, and Welch Introduce End Solitary Confinement Act in the U.S. Senate

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December 24, 2023

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Press Release

Survivors of Solitary Confinement and Other Leading Experts Across the Country Laud Introduction of Congresswoman Bush’s Historic New End Solitary Confinement Act

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July 27, 2023

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NEW REPORT FINDS MORE THAN 122,000 PEOPLE IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES

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May 23, 2023

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AS DOJ ISSUES REPORT FOLLOWING PRESIDENT BIDEN’S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON SOLITARY, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN SOLITARY IS NEARLY 7% HIGHER NOW THAN BEFORE THE ORDER

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February 3, 2023

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Unlock The Box Releases First-Ever Nationwide Report and Public Database on Legislation to Abolish Solitary Confinement

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January 24, 2023

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NEW POLL SHOWING WIDESPREAD BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR ENDING SOLITARY CONFINEMENT BEYOND FOUR HOURS FOR EMERGENCY DE-ESCALATION, NATIONAL EXPERTS URGE POLITICAL LEADERS TO END SOLITARY NOW

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November 16, 2022

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Press Release

LOUISIANA GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS SIGNS WATERSHED BILL MINIMIZING THE USE OF YOUTH SOLITARY CONFINEMENT

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June 21, 2022

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Reps. Trone and Bice Introduce the Solitary Confinement Study and Reform Act of 2022

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June 15, 2022

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Call for Investigation into Reports of Torture at the Thomson Federal Penitentiary

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June 9, 2022

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