Juan Moreno Haines, Author at Solitary Watch

Juan Moreno Haines is Editor-in-Chief of Solitary Watch and a former managing/senior editor at the award-winning San Quentin News. Additionally, he completed a podcast training program at San Quentin, Uncuffed. As a member of the Society of Professional Journalists, he won its Silver Heart for being a voice to the voiceless. For his reporting during the Covid-19 pandemic, the California Newspaper Publisher's Association gave Juan multiple awards. The Media for a Justice Society presented Juan the Evident Change Award for reporting on solitary confinement practices at San Quentin. Juan has been published by numerous media outlets including, the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, CalMatters, The Guardian, The Appeal, Hastings Race and Poverty Law Journal, University of California Los Angeles Law Review, The War Horse, and Life of the Law. He has also been awarded the following fellowships: Type Investigations, PEN America, Marvel Cooke through Shadowproof, The Law and Journalism Justice Project, and Columbia University Incite Justice. Juan is co-founder of Humans of San Quentin and Back to the Start: Reflections from Behind Bars.

News & Features

New Book Makes a Powerful Case for Ending Solitary Confinement

Ending Solitary Confinement Will Save Minds and Lives

When Isolation Became the Supreme Punishment

Juneteenth to an Incarcerated American

Unlocking Hidden Stories of Torture Behind Bars

What, to the Incarcerated American, Is Your Election Day?

Trusted Sources: Why Mainstream Media Needs Incarcerated Voices

On the Vital Importance of Supporting Incarcerated Journalists

The Word: Dismantle Prisons or Improve Conditions? As Someone Inside, I Know We Must Do Both

Here in San Quentin, I See Why Solitary Confinement Must End

In Prison, the Work of Journalism Is Challenging but Essential

The Word: In Prison, We Face Epidemics of Isolation and Neglect on Top of COVID-19

At San Quentin, the Response to COVID-19 Brings More Isolation and Suffering to People with Mental Illness

The View from Badger Yard: Surviving in San Quentin with COVID-19

Struggling to Survive at San Quentin: “We Are Dying in Here”

At San Quentin, a Desperate Man Goes on Hunger Strike to Protest Conditions in a COVID-19 Isolation Unit

“Man Down:” Left in the Hole at San Quentin During a Coronavirus Crisis