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Today, Solitary Watch is publishing the first in a series of fact sheets offering facts, analysis, and resources on a variety of topics related to solitary confinement in U.S. prisons, jails, and immigrant and juvenile facilities. The first fact sheet, written by Melat Eskender, covers how racism in the U.S. punishment system plays out in […]

SW Fact Sheets

New Solitary Watch Fact Sheet Series Launches with “Racism and Solitary Confinement”

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by Jean Casella

June 15, 2022

News & Features

These Labor Unions Are Fighting to Keep Solitary Confinement

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by Victoria Law

August 16, 2022

News & Features

The Word: The Art of Changing Hearts and Minds on Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella

August 3, 2022

News & Features

“Immersive and Transformative” Play About Solitary Confinement Tours the Country

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by Roxanne Barnes

July 21, 2022

Voices from Solitary

Voices From Solitary: Positive Delusions

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by Voices from Solitary

May 11, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days In Solitary [4/13/22]

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by Mirilla Zhu

April 13, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/13/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

April 19, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/23/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 23, 2018

SW Reports

New Feature: Milestones in Solitary Reform

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by Jean Casella

October 17, 2015

Photo Requests from Solitary

“Photo Requests from Solitary” Comes to the Brooklyn Public Library

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by Jean Casella

March 27, 2019

News & Features

Advocates Join Forces to End Long-Term Solitary Confinement in U.S. Prisons in the Next 10 Years

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

October 19, 2018

Photo Requests from Solitary

New Project: Photo Requests from Solitary

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 22, 2013

Photo Requests from Solitary

What They Wanted to See: Images for People in Solitary Confinement

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by Valerie Kiebala

June 13, 2019

Photo Requests from Solitary

“Photo Requests from Solitary” Comes to New York

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by Victoria Law

September 19, 2017

Ridgeway Reporting Project

Inside the Hole: Enduring Solitary Confinement in California

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by Solitary Confinement Reporting Project

September 2, 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

SW Reports

Louisiana on Lockdown: The History of Solitary Confinement in Louisiana

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by Katie Rose Quandt

September 12, 2019

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: The Torture Chamber

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by Voices from Solitary

August 16, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Solitary Confinement’s Invisible Scars

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by Voices from Solitary

October 31, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “A Prison Where the Building Becomes the Shackles”

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by Voices from Solitary

November 27, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Hunger Strike in Menard Prison

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by Voices from Solitary

February 6, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Playing “The Con Game” at Pelican Bay

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by Voices from Solitary

June 6, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Fly in the Ointment

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by Voices from Solitary

July 13, 2015

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: My Tranz Brothers and Sisters Are There, Boxed

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by Voices from Solitary

February 2, 2015

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Injury x Insult

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by Voices from Solitary

July 21, 2015

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: The Safari from Pelikkkan Bay

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by Voices from Solitary

April 16, 2015

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Coronavirus Panic in a Quarantined Washington State Prison

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by Voices from Solitary

April 22, 2020

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: I Spent 16 Months in Solitary Confinement, and Now I’m Fighting to End It

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by Voices from Solitary

July 18, 2019

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: What Starts in ADX Stays in ADX

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by Voices from Solitary

July 28, 2020

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