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November 18, 2021
Contact: Jessica Sandoval
jsandoval@unlocktheboxcampaign.org
(202) 251-6572
In 2021, the Unlock the Box campaign and its partners supported legislation at the federal and state levels to end solitary. Check out our progress!
Unlock The Box was featured on WPFW's radio show, Monday Morning QB.
June 15, 2020
Contact: Madeline Bronstein
mbronstein@rabengroup.com
585-410-4843
September 24, 2020
Contact: Christopher Gray
cgray@rabengroup.com
757.575.1615
January 15, 2021
Contact: Sharon Han, mshan@rabengroup.com
(213) 220-9917
Unlock The Box was featured on NPR's All Things Considered.
Unlock The Box was featured on ABC News 7 in Denver.
Johnny Perez used prayer to survive the torture of solitary. Today he leads faith leaders and solitary survivors like himself in ending the torture of solitary confinement.
Laura Nicks is a trailblazer, a no-nonsense Erin Brokovich of prison reform whose work has led to sweeping legislative reform throughout Arkansas’s criminal justice system. She’s a fierce advocate who believes in second chances because, for her, the hope of a second chance is what kept her alive during the darkest time of her life.
Dolores Canales is the reason that thousands of people were freed from solitary confinement- -and thousands more won't suffer the same fate. She's an icon in the world of criminal justice reform and to activists working to end solitary confinement. But, her initial success was a spur of the moment decision and a mother's desperate attempt to save her son's life.
Unlock The Box was recently mentioned in Walter Pavlo's Forbes Magazine article about COVID-19 and Solitary Confinement. Our report about solitary confinement and the pandemic was highlighted.
