Amy Fettig

ACLU

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Senior staff counsel for the ACLU's National Prison Project and the director of its Stop Solitary campaign

Amy Fettig on KCRW

Some 88,000 inmates of state and federal prisons are in some form of solitary confinement, although it’s not called by its real name.

Solitary Confinement and Prison Reform

Some 88,000 inmates of state and federal prisons are in some form of solitary confinement, although it’s not called by its real name.

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