June 2012 - Solitary Watch

Below are glimpses into the daily lives of three inmates held in isolation. Each has been in isolation for at least five years. Their reasons for being held in solitary vary–one was validated for gang membership, another for an escape attempt, and another for assaults on correctional officers. Their reasons for incarceration vary, from attempted […]

News & Features

A Day in the Life of Three Prisoners in Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary: High Tech Brutality

The “Torture of Isolation” Gains Media Attention

Lawsuit Challenges Conditions at ADX Federal Supermax

Voices from Solitary: “I Lost the Will to Live”

Solitary and Death Row Survivor Anthony Graves Speaks Out

Congress Unlocks America’s Hidden Shame of Solitary Confinement

Report from Senate Hearing on Solitary Confinement

Now Available: Collection of Written Testimony for Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary: From a Nevada Hole

Voices from Solitary: From the Vortex of Uinta One

California Bill Would Lift Media Ban on Access to Prisons

Voices from Solitary: “No Longer a Part of the World”

Senate Committee Invites Written Testimony on Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary: “The SHU Is California’s Equivalent of Waterboarding”

Voices from Solitary: Behind Enemy Lines

First Congressional Hearing on Solitary Confinement to Be Held June 19

Controversy Over Kids in Solitary Confinement in Texas

Voices from Solitary: Exiled In Purgatory

Former Rikers Island Chaplain Speaks Out Against Growth of Solitary Confinement

Prisoners in Solitary Confinement in Ohio Stage Two-Week Hunger Strike

Suicides in Solitary Confinement in Arizona’s Prisons

Solitary Watchers Named 2012 Soros Justice Fellows

Pelican Bay Prisoners File Lawsuit Against Long-Term Isolation