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# Solitary Confinement

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# evening sitdown
Your evening longread: Solitary confinement in a Texas women's prison
It’s a coronavirus-free zone as we bring you an interesting longread each evening to take your mind off the news.
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Jul 3rd 2020, 8:00 PM
# Court Fines
Over 2,000 people jailed for non-payment of fines last year
The latest figures shows there has been a significant drop in the number of imprisonments following new legislation.
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Jun 8th 2018, 6:15 AM
# Solitary Confinement
Report calls for an end to solitary confinement in Irish prisons
A new report from the IPRT it says it can have a severe negative effect on prisoners’ mental health.
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Feb 2nd 2018, 2:20 PM
# Mountjoy Prison
Up to 25% of Mountjoy Prison inmates being put in solitary confinement for their own protection
120 inmates were put under a protection regime in October 2016.
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Jan 18th 2018, 10:14 AM
# Solitary Confinement
'Prisoners have a very basic human need for contact'
A change in prison rules looks at the “meaningful human contact” prisoners get when out of their cells.
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Jul 9th 2017, 7:00 AM
# Oberstown
Teenage boy held in 'lock-up for 24 hours without even a shirt on his back'
The High Court was told today alleged confinement at the youth detention centre stems from what can only be described as a riot.
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Sep 20th 2016, 3:03 PM
# Court
Claims teens were kept in solitary confinement at Oberstown are rejected
The case was heard in court today.
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Sep 15th 2016, 5:34 PM
# freedom
After years in solitary confinement, an innocent woman struggles to get on with her life
Of her first 29 months in jail, Hailey served about 27 alone in a 6-by-10-foot cell, with a bed, a toilet and a few books to pass the time.
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Feb 21st 2016, 8:30 AM
# albert woodfox
US prisoner freed after 43 years in solitary confinement
Human rights organisations had condemned the sentencing of Albert Woodfox.
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Feb 20th 2016, 2:53 PM
# Solitary Confinement
Chelsea Manning in trouble over Caitlyn Jenner magazine
The former US army soldier is serving a 35-year military prison sentence.
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Aug 13th 2015, 6:49 PM
# the hole
Inmate who spent over 40 years in solitary confinement at a US prison to be freed
Albert Woodfox was placed in solitary in 1972 when charged in the death of a prison guard.
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Jun 9th 2015, 8:03 AM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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Feb 18th 2015, 4:55 PM
# Prison
Melanie McCarthy-McNamara killer wins High Court case over solitary confinement
The High Court decided that Daniel McDonnell’s constitutional rights were breached.
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Feb 18th 2015, 9:05 AM
# solitary
Almost 250 inmates in Irish prisons separated from general population
The largest number on restricted regime was in Wheatfield Prison.
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Dec 26th 2014, 6:30 AM
# Convicted
Woman jailed for a year... for trying to attend a volleyball match
Women are also banned from football matches in Iran, with officials saying this is to protect them from lewd behaviour among male fans.
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Nov 4th 2014, 7:05 AM
# Irish Prison Service
More than 300 prisoners are still slopping out
A further 261 are held in solitary confinement, some for 23 hours a day.
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May 21st 2014, 7:30 AM
# Prison
Use of 23-hour solitary confinement has dropped by 76% in nine months
Irish prisons are attempting to limit the use of restrictive regimes.
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Feb 21st 2014, 6:30 AM
# Solitary Confinement
Irish prison system 'over-reliant' on prolonged solitary confinement
The Irish Penal Reform Trust said today that extended periods of isolation can cause harm to prisoners’ mental health and make rehabilitation impossible.
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Jul 23rd 2013, 6:01 PM
Voices
Column: Prisoners - pity about them?
This week, TheJournal.ie’s regular columnist Lisa McInerney says rehabilitation and dignity for prisoners isn’t an issue for bleeding heart lefties: it’s for our own protection when they get out.
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Oct 24th 2011, 7:40 PM
# solitary
UN calls for an end to solitary confinement as punishment
The UN’s lead investigator on torture has called using solitary confinement as a punishment “cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment” – which can amount to “torture”.
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Oct 19th 2011, 1:18 PM