Katie Rose Quandt, Author at Solitary Watch

Katie Rose Quandt is a senior contributing writer/editor at Solitary Watch and freelance journalist based in the Bronx. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, Slate, The Nation, The Guardian, and Mother Jones. She is also a senior editor at the Prison Policy Initiative, and was an Alicia Patterson Foundation Fellow and Soros Justice Media Fellow. Find her @katierosequandt and at katierosequandt.com.

News & Features

The Right Finally Protests Brutal U.S. Jail Conditions—But Only for January Sixers

Arkansas to Add More Prison Beds Using Budget Surplus from Federal COVID Funds

Inside One Lawyer’s Quest to End Solitary Confinement

In Largest Action to Date Against Solitary Confinement, Hundreds Gather in Albany to Push Reform Legislation

Massachusetts Department of Correction Gives a Lesson in How to Get Around Solitary Confinement Reforms

Louisiana on Lockdown: The History of Solitary Confinement in Louisiana

Seven Days in Solitary [8/19/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/12/19]

Showtime’s ‘Escape at Dannemora’ Left Out Torture and Abuse

What Will the Midterms Mean for Solitary Confinement Reform?

In Virginia’s Prisons, Hundreds Still Trapped in Solitary Confinement Despite Reforms — and Denials

14 Days in Solitary [4/10/2016]

Legal Settlement Demands Better Mental Health Care, Less Solitary Confinement in Illinois Prisons

Will the Supreme Court Free Albert Woodfox After 43 Years in Solitary?

Presidential Prison Politics