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Original Reporting, Commentary, and News from a Nation on Lockdown

News & Features

Documentary “The Strike” Reveals the Humanity of People in Solitary Confinement—and the Possibility of Change

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by Francisco Rodriguez

March 13, 2025

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The Echo of Isolation: Women in Solitary Confinement in America, Past and Present

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by Kwaneta Harris

March 11, 2025

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Black History Month Is World History Always

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by Juan Moreno Haines and Knowledge Supreme Mind Jackson

February 25, 2025

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23:59

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by Kwaneta Harris

February 4, 2025

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In Texas Prisons, Digital Mail Further Isolates Those in Solitary Confinement

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by Sara Vogel

January 8, 2025

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Santa Was in Solitary and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella

December 24, 2024

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How Washington State Stifles the First Amendment for the Incarcerated

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by Christopher Blackwell

December 22, 2024

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Invisible Chains

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by Kwaneta Harris

December 19, 2024

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The Fight Against Solitary Confinement Must—and Will—Go On

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by Jean Casella and Juan Moreno Haines

November 12, 2024

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

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by Juan Moreno Haines

November 4, 2024

News & Features Ridgeway Reporting Project

Stripped Rights

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by Elizabeth Hawes

October 29, 2024

News & Features Ridgeway Reporting Project

In Texas Prisons, People with Mental Illness Are Held in Tiny Cages for Days on End

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by Jeremy Busby

October 21, 2024

News & Features Ridgeway Reporting Project

How New York’s Maximum-Security Women’s Prison Has Failed to HALT Solitary Confinement

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by Sara Kielly

September 26, 2024

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Michigan Advocates Fight to End the Torture of Solitary Confinement

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by Madeleine Wren

September 23, 2024

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Corridors of Contagion: How the Pandemic Exposed the Cruelties of Incarceration

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by Victoria Law

September 17, 2024

News & Features Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: The Legacy of Black August at San Quentin Prison

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by Voices from Solitary

August 30, 2024

News & Features Ridgeway Reporting Project

Washington State Prisons Suppress Cultural Awareness Groups

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by Felix Sitthivong

August 5, 2024

News & Features Ridgeway Reporting Project

The Hell Inside Hell: Solitary Confinement in Texas Hides the Sexual Abuse of Women and Girls

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by Kwaneta Harris

June 3, 2024

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Trusted Sources: Why Mainstream Media Needs Incarcerated Voices

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by Juan Moreno Haines

May 13, 2024

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“You Can Never Get That Time Back”: Solitary Confinement Is Devastating for Incarcerated Mothers and Their Children

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by Ella Goldblum

May 12, 2024

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After Nine Studies, Use of Solitary Confinement in Federal Prisons Just Keeps Increasing

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by Katie Rose Quandt

May 10, 2024

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Black History in the United States Has Always Included Solitary Confinement

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by Steve Brooks

February 29, 2024

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Santa Was in Solitary and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella

December 24, 2023

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Bill to Reduce Solitary Confinement in Washington State Stalls, But Advocates Vow to Continue the Fight

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by Kevin Light-Roth

December 4, 2023

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Solitary Confinement Punishes Vulnerable People Inside a San Mateo County Jail

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by James Anderson

October 12, 2023

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Seventeenth-Century Supermax: The Origins of Solitary Confinement

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by Spencer Weinreich

September 25, 2023

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