Solitary confinement: Punishment or torture?

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Forty-three years, 23 hours a day spent in a room alone. Only a few books and magazines to pass the time, and only one hour a day spent out of the room, handcuffed and leg ironed in a small fenced off area outdoors, rain or shine. This was the plight of Albert Woodfox, a former […]

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