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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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People quickly mobilized throughout the United States to protest Republican Donald Trump’s election. Demonstrations, most…
