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On the recordFebruary 2, 2022
The number increased 500 percent in 2020, with about 300,000 people in solitary confinement at any one time.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Cicilline highlights the dramatic rise in solitary confinement during the pandemic.

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