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New this week from Solitary Watch: • Melat Eskander interviews a man with several mental disorders incarcerated in Pennsylvania for Solitary Watch, highlighting the anti-Black racism he has experienced as well as treatment neglect. Eskander describes how “[i]n jails and prisons throughout the country, people with mental illness of all races suffer mistreatment and medical neglect, […]

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Seven Days in Solitary [12/28/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/7/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/30/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/9/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/2/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/14/20]

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Seven Days in Solitary [4/20/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [4/13/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [3/2/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/24/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/3/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/9/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/4/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/28/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/2/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/26/19]

Solitary Confinement Caused “Complete Mental and Physical Collapse” of Man in Virginia Prison, Lawsuit Contends

Seven Days in Solitary [7/8/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/1/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/17/19]

How Solitary Confinement Can Lead to a Life Sentence in Prison

Seven Days in Solitary [5/20/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/13/19]