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- Seeing Solitary
- Time-In-Cell: A 2021 Snapshot of Restrictive Housing based on a Nationwide Survey of U.S. Prison Systems
- Reforming solitary confinement: the development, implementation, and processes
- The Impacts of Restrictive Housing on Inmate Behavior, Mental Health, and Recidivism, and Prison Systems and Personnel
- Association of Restrictive Housing During Incarceration With Mortality After Release
- New data: Solitary confinement increases risk of premature death after release
- Association of Restrictive Housing During Incarceration With Mortality After Release
- Restrictive Housing: Attracting Your Best Staff Where They Are Needed Most
- More Than Emptying Beds: A Systems Approach to Segregation Reform
- Use of Restrictive Housing in U.S. Prisons and Jails, 2011-12
- Solitary Confinement: Common Misconceptions and Emerging Safe Alternatives
- Constitutional Implications of Restrictive Housing
- Keeping Vulnerable Populations Safe under PREA: Alternative Strategies to the Use of Segregation in Prisons and Jails
- Worse than Second-Class: Solitary Confinement of Women in the United States
- Change Is Possible: A Case Study of Solitary Confinement Reform in Maine
- Restrictive Housing FAQ
- Prison Sanctioning Guidelines: Violation Categories and Range of Sanctions
- Restrictive Housing Performance Measures
- Federal Bureau of Prisons: Special Housing Unit Review and Assessment
- U.S. Department of Justice Report and Recommendations Concerning the Use of Restrictive Housing
- Rethinking Death Row: Variations in the Housing of Individuals Sentenced to Death
- Solitary Confinement (Isolation) NCCHC policy statement
- Hot Topic: Do you have examples of operational procedures for segregation units?
- Hot Topic: What are the Effects of Long-Term Isolation / Segregation?
