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New this week from Solitary Watch:  Solitary Watch published “Women in Solitary Confinement,” the eighth in a series of fact sheets that offer facts, analysis, and resources on a variety of topics related to solitary confinement in U.S. prisons, jails, and immigrant and juvenile facilities. The fact sheet states, “Solitary confinement is always harmful, but […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Democratic Platform Backtracks on Solitary and the Death Penalty…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Maeve Brennan

August 28, 2024

Seven Days in Solitary

Refusing Forced Labor in Prisons Is Punished with Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Phoebe Holman

May 29, 2024

Seven Days in Solitary

Protests Against Long-Term Solitary Continue in Virginia…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

January 10, 2024

Ridgeway Reporting Project

Incarcerated Women Are Punished for Their Trauma With Solitary Confinement

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by Solitary Confinement Reporting Project

December 24, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

U.S. Use of Solitary Defies International Treaty, UN Finds…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week  

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by Sara Vogel and Valerie Kiebala

November 29, 2023

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/23/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 23, 2018

News & Features

ACLU Calls on U.N. Human Rights Official to Stop Teen’s Torture in Montana Prison

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 17, 2010

SW Reports

Report: 500% Increase in Use of Solitary Confinement During COVID-19 Puts Hundreds of Thousands of People at Risk

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by Jean Casella

June 15, 2020

Ridgeway Reporting Project

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

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by Solitary Confinement Reporting Project

January 28, 2021

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “No Human Being Should Be Treated This Way”

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by Voices from Solitary

July 9, 2012

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/4/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

May 4, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/12/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

May 12, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/2/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

June 2, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/9/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

June 9, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4.12.13]

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by Lisa Dawson

April 12, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4.27.13]

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by Lisa Dawson

April 27, 2013

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Seven Days in Solitary [6/23/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

June 23, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/21/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

July 21, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/28/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

July 28, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/3/13]

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by Jean Casella

November 5, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/8/14]

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by Jean Casella

June 8, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/12/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

March 12, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/12/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 12, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/19/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 19, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/28/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 28, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/4/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 4, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/25/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 25, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/4/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

March 4, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/20/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

May 20, 2018

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