Ian Kysel

Georgetown University Law Center

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Adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center and a fellow at its Human Rights Institute

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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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