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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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Press Release

May 23, 2023
Contact: Jessica Sandoval
jsandoval@unlocktheboxcampaign.org
202.251.6572

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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Press Release

February 3, 2023
Contact: Jessica Sandoval
jsandoval@unlocktheboxcampaign.org
202.251.6572

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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Press Release

January 24, 2023
Contact: Vasuki Wilson
vasuki@risepublic.com
202.294.2342

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

November 16, 2022
Contact: Jessica Sandoval
jsandoval@unlocktheboxcampaign.org
202.294.2342

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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Press Release

June 21, 2022
Contact: Jessica Sandoval
jsandoval@unlocktheboxcampaign.org
(202) 251-6572

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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Press Release

June 15, 2022
Contact: Jessica Sandoval
jsandoval@unlocktheboxcampaign.org
(202) 251-6572

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

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June 9, 2022
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Press Release

June 08, 2022
Contact: Jessica Sandoval
jsandoval@unlocktheboxcampaign.org
(202) 251-6572

PRESIDENT BIDEN’S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON POLICING FALLS FAR SHORT GIVEN HIS PLEDGE TO END SOLITARY CONFINEMENT

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May 27, 2022
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Press Release

May 27, 2022
Contact: Jessica Sandoval
jsandoval@unlocktheboxcampaign.org
(202) 251-6572

Historic Win for Connecticut

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May 12, 2022
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Press Release

May 12, 20221
Contact: Jessica Sandoval
jsandoval@unlocktheboxcampaign.org
(202) 251-6572

Solitary Confinement is Torture and Must End in New York City

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December 23, 2021
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Press Release

December 23, 2021
Contact: Jessica Sandoval
jsandoval@unlocktheboxcampaign.org
(202) 251-6572

FAST responds to Scathing AP Report of FBOP Abuses

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November 22, 2021
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Press Release

November 18, 2021
Contact: Jessica Sandoval
jsandoval@unlocktheboxcampaign.org
(202) 251-6572

Legislative Round-Up 2021

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September 15, 2021
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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!

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NEW REPORT

Figures Exceed Previous Counts Because They Include All People in Solitary in Prisons and Jails for 22 or More Hours a Day, and Are Based on the Most Reliable Available Sources

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