Sal Rodriguez

SAL RODRIGUEZ was Solitary Watch’s first and most prolific intern. Based in Los Angeles, he served as an editorial writer and columnist for the Orange County Register and the Press-Enterprise, and is now the opinion editor for the Southern California News Group.

News & Features

After California Prisons Release “Gang Affiliates” From Solitary Confinement, Costs and Violence Levels Drop

Legal Settlement Is Having a “Transformative Effect” on Solitary Confinement in California Prisons

“Suicide Checks” Lead to Extreme Sleep Deprivation at Pelican Bay Prison

Agreement Will Reduce Solitary Confinement of Mentally Ill in Oregon Prisons

Children Held in Solitary Confinement in Nebraska for “Days, Weeks, Even Months”

California Expects to Save $28 Million By Reducing Solitary Confinement

California Prison Hunger Strikes Sparked Solitary Reforms, Internal Documents Show

In Landmark Settlement, Solitary Confinement to Be Dramatically Reduced in California Prisons

After Hunger Strikes, Solitary Reforms Come to California’s Prisons—and Leave Thousands Behind

Will Revamped Prison Regulations Reduce Solitary Confinement in California?

In California Prisons, Hundreds Removed from Solitary Confinement—and Thousands Remain

New Solitary Confinement Policies in California Bring Small Changes and Raise Big Questions

How Many People Are In Solitary Confinement in California’s Prisons?

Inside ADX Supermax: “A Bloody Nightmare”

California Prison Hunger Strike Ends After 60 Days

Day 59 of California Prison Hunger Strike: “Their Spirits Are High, Their Bodies Are Weak”

Day 49 of California Prison Hunger Strike: “Our Lives Are in the Hands of CDCR”

Day 41 of California Hunger Strike: CDCR Still Insists It’s A Gang Power Play

Day 39 of California Prison Hunger Strike: Governor Jerry Brown Remains Silent

Day 36 of California Hunger Strike: Hundreds Still Protesting Isolation Policies

Calipatria Hunger Striker: “Putting Everything On The Line For Dignity”

30 Days of Hunger Striking, California Prisons Chief Insists It’s “Gang Power Play”

Hundreds Still on Hunger Strike in California Prisons As Situation Becomes Increasingly Dire

Suicide of California Hunger Strike Participant Draws National Attention to a Broken System

One Thousand California Hunger Strikers At Two Weeks

California Prison Hunger Strike: “It’s an Absolute Madhouse”

California Prison Officials Retaliating Against Hunger Strikers

Thousands of California Prisoners, One Hunger Strike, One Week

Faces and Voices of the California Prison Hunger Strike