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Constitutional Law

Dec. 11, 2013

Isolated inmates need process, too

Currently, California has thousands of individuals held in solitary confinement with no meaningful review process. By Jeffrey A. Lowe


By Jeffrey A. Lowe


"There are many ways to destroy a person, but the simplest and most devastating might be solitary confinement." Lisa Guenther, "The Living Death of Solitary Confinement," NY Times, Aug. 26, 2012.


Currently, California has thousands of individuals held in solitary confinement with no meaningful review process.


Pelican Bay, a super maximum security facility in Crescent City, opened in 1989 for the purpose o...

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