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confinement

[kuhn-fahyn-muhnt] / kənˈfaɪn mənt /


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In July 2024, El Chapo filed a civil rights lawsuit in the District of Colorado federal court seeking to lift the measures and improve the conditions of his confinement.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026

Rush has been held in solitary confinement, only allowed out for two hours a day.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Both he and Brock reported extended solitary confinement stints—four months for Mock, seven for Brock.

From Slate • May 28, 2026

In a newly published paper in eLight, the same research team explains the origin of this extreme light confinement.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

I started challenging conditions of confinement at Tutwiler in the mid-1980s as a young attorney with the Southern Prisoners Defense Committee.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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