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Advocates respond to NJ prison closure with demands for systemic change

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Q+A: Bonnie Kerness, director, AFSC New Jersey Prison Watch

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Why we support the call to #FreeThemAll

Why we support the call to #FreeThemAll

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The Growing Fight Against Solitary Confinement

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New Jersey will limit solitary confinement in jails and prisons

New Jersey will limit solitary confinement in jails and prisons

Aug 7, 2019

N.J. limited solitary but we didn’t end the torture of human beings, prison watch group says.

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New Jersey survivors of solitary to share stories of life in isolation

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Hope, boots, and sardines: Larry White's vision of prison theater

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