January 2010 - Solitary Watch

While there are no concrete numbers, it’s safe to say that hundreds, if not thousands of children are in solitary confinement in the United States–some in juvenile detention facilities, and some in adult prisons. Short bouts of solitary confinement are even viewed as a legitimate form of punishment in some American schools. In this first post on the subject, we address teenagers in […]

News & Features

Children in Lockdown: Solitary Confinement of Teens in Adult Prisons

Children Sentenced to Die in Prison

ACLU Gets One Angola Prisoner Released from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Coyote Calling

Canada Questions Solitary Confinement After Teenager’s Death

No End to U.S. Torture

America’s “Most Isolated Man” Sues the Bureau of Prisons

Inmate Allegedly Placed in Solitary for Refusing to Bribe Guards

California Lawsuit Charges Race-Based Lockdown

Solitary Deaths in Immigrant Detention Centers

The Maine Redemption: Bill Seeks to Restrict Use of Solitary in State’s Prisons

The Mark of Cain: God and Man at Angola Prison

A Louisiana Inmate’s Death Wish

Amy Goodman and Atul Gawande on Solitary Confinement

Southern Injustice: 37 Years in Solitary

Solitary Confinement for Transgender Inmate in Virginia

The Hashmi Case Brings Guantanamo Home

A Lonely–and Preventable–Death in a Vermont Prison

Rising Criticism of Tamms Illinois Supermax

Freed British Hostage Evokes Trauma of Solitary Confinement