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

News & Features

How Not to Fight a Prison Pandemic [Update]

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by Juan Moreno Haines and Katie Rose Quandt

December 8, 2021

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Can Architects Help End Solitary Confinement?

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by Nicole Capozziello

November 29, 2021

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No Touching Allowed for Many LGBTQ+ People in Prison

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by Lizzie Kane

September 16, 2021

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“I Watch the Roaches and I Envy Them.” After 34 Years, Billy Blake Is Released from Solitary Confinement in New York

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by Vaidya Gullapalli

July 7, 2021

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How Not to Fight a Prison Pandemic

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by Juan Moreno Haines and Katie Rose Quandt

June 30, 2021

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Why Lockdowns Can’t Protect People in Prison From Deadly Viruses

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by Annalena Wolcke

June 15, 2021

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New York State Passes the Nation’s Strongest Anti-Solitary Legislation

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by Veronica Riccobene

April 2, 2021

News & Features

James Ridgeway, 1936–2021

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by Jean Casella

February 17, 2021

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

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by Juan Moreno Haines

February 11, 2021

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D.C. Jail: From Hellhole to Hotspot

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by Valerie Kiebala, James Ridgeway, and Lawrence Ukenye

December 30, 2020

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Santa Was in Solitary and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 24, 2020

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In New York’s State Prisons, One Night in Solitary Can Derail an Education

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by Alexandra Gibbons

November 20, 2020

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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

November 13, 2020

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Inside One Lawyer’s Quest to End Solitary Confinement

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by Katie Rose Quandt

November 1, 2020

News & Features

Seven Days in Solitary [8/31/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 1, 2020

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

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by Juan Moreno Haines

August 14, 2020

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

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by Juan Moreno Haines

August 10, 2020

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As Black Lives Matter Protests Mounted, Federal Prisons Went on Lockdown—and Their Staffs Were Deployed to the Streets

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by Carter Deane

July 21, 2020

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“I Hope Our Daughters Will Not Be Punished”

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

July 17, 2020

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

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by Juan Moreno Haines

July 7, 2020

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Despite Harsh Lockdowns, Nearly Half of Women in Massachusetts Prisons Caught the Coronavirus

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by Shabnam Danesh

June 23, 2020

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Solitary Confinement Is Fueling New York’s Prison Suicide Crisis

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by Joshua Manson

May 29, 2020

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As COVID-19 Spreads Through Prisons, Solitary Confinement Is Used to Punish Whistleblowers and Suppress Protests

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by Valerie Kiebala and Katie Rose Quandt

May 5, 2020

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Local Jails Were Death Traps Even Before COVID-19. The Pandemic Demands Sweeping—and Permanent—Change.

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by Jean Casella and Katie Rose Quandt

April 13, 2020

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Prisons’ Use of Solitary Confinement Explodes with the COVID-19 Pandemic, While Advocates Push for Alternatives

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by Jean Casella and Katie Rose Quandt

April 10, 2020

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Even Brief Exposure to Solitary Confinement May Increase Risk of Death After Prison

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by Brian Sonenstein

February 13, 2020

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