Ridgeway Reporting Project Archives

Ridgeway Reporting Project

Investigative reporting by incarcerated and formerly incarcerated journalists in publications nationwide, supported by Solitary Watch and the Vital Projects Fund (previously called the Solitary Confinement Reporting Project)

Ridgeway Reporting Project

Ending the “Last Vestiges of Slavery” in New York

I Was an Incarcerated Nursing Assistant During Covid. This Is What I Saw.

Stripped Rights

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

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

Washington State Prisons Suppress Cultural Awareness Groups

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

Ridgeway Reporting Project Awards Grants to Incarcerated Journalists to Report on U.S. Prison Conditions

Ridgeway Reporting Project Offers Grants to Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Journalists

Inside the Underground Economy of Solitary Confinement

In New York, Few Resources for Solitary Confinement Survivors After Prison

Immigrant Detainees Went on Hunger Strike Against Intolerable Conditions and COVID Exposure. ICE Punished Them with Solitary Confinement.

Incarcerated Women Are Punished for Their Trauma With Solitary Confinement

At San Quentin Prison, Men Ravaged by Covid-19 and Decades of Incarceration Hold an Election of Their Own

Digging Our Way Out of the Hole: Keeping Prisons Safe Without Solitary Confinement

Inside the Hole: Enduring Solitary Confinement in California

How to Survive Supermax

In San Quentin, Getting the Flu Can Land You in Solitary Confinement

14 Journalists Awarded Grants from the Solitary Confinement Reporting Project

Deadline Extended to FEBRUARY 7: Grants Available to Journalists for Reporting on Solitary Confinement

Grants Available to Journalists for Reporting on Solitary Confinement