June 23, 2020June 25, 2020 Shabnam Danesh Despite Harsh Lockdowns, Nearly Half of Women in Massachusetts Prisons Caught the Coronavirus Advocates Say Release—Not Solitary Confinement—Is the Right Response
May 5, 2020May 6, 2020 Valerie Kiebala and Katie Rose Quandt As COVID-19 Spreads Through Prisons, Solitary Confinement Is Used to Punish Whistleblowers and Suppress Protests
April 13, 2020 Jean Casella and Katie Rose Quandt Local Jails Were Death Traps Even Before COVID-19. The Pandemic Demands Sweeping—and Permanent—Change.
April 10, 2020April 9, 2020 Jean Casella and Katie Rose Quandt Prisons’ Use of Solitary Confinement Explodes with the COVID-19 Pandemic, While Advocates Push for Alternatives
March 5, 2020May 7, 2020 Solitary Confinement Reporting Project In San Quentin, Getting the Flu Can Land You in Solitary Confinement
February 13, 2020 Brian Sonenstein Even Brief Exposure to Solitary Confinement May Increase Risk of Death After Prison
February 5, 2020February 5, 2020 Katie Rose Quandt In Largest Action to Date Against Solitary Confinement, Hundreds Gather in Albany to Push Reform Legislation
January 30, 2020January 30, 2020 Solitary Watch Guest Author For Vulnerable Children, the School Day Can Include Solitary Confinement Resistance Is Growing to the Use of "Seclusion Rooms" for Control and Punishment in Schools—Most Often on Children with Disabilities and Children of Color
January 14, 2020January 14, 2020 Victoria Law In Indiana Prisons, Solitary Confinement by Another Name Still Feels Like Torture “Restricted Movement Units” Are Posed As an Alternative to Solitary—But the Isolation and Deprivation Persist
January 6, 2020January 21, 2020 Valerie Kiebala Chicago Jail's Quest to End Solitary Confinement Is a Work in Progress A Tour of the Special Management Unit, Developed As an Alternative to Solitary, Reveals Both Meaningful Changes and Serious Challenges
December 25, 2019December 25, 2019 Jean Casella and James Ridgeway Santa Was in Solitary and Jesus Got the Death Penalty