Tag: solitary confinement

It’s time to stop the use of solitary confinement

BY SAVANNAH MARTINCIC Albert Woodfox spent more than 40 years in solitary confinement in the notorious Louisiana State Penitentiary, nicknamed “Angola.” From 1972 to 2016, Woodfox’s entire world was encapsulated in a six-foot-by-nine-foot cell, trapped by weak evidence, an unfair…

Changing the Hole Mind

Mason Professor Researches the Effects of Solitary Confinement on Inmates BY AHMED FARID, STAFF WRITER For the past two years, Professor Danielle Rudes has led a team of researchers including 12 undergraduate students, seven graduate students and two professors in…