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Solitary confinement protested in Philadelphia

WW photo: Joseph Piette

A Sept. 17 Philadelphia protest to abolish solitary confinement in Pennsylvania drew more than 100 people, who listened to former prisoners and their family members describe the Department of Correction’s use of long-term solitary and other forms of torture. Organized by the Human Rights Coalition, the featured speakers were Robert King, of the Angola 3; Hakeem Shaeed (formerly Robert Molley); and Theresa Shoatz, daughter of political prisoner Russell Maroon Shoats.

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