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New this week from Solitary Watch: Writing in the American Prospect in an article supported by Solitary Watch, our senior writer Katie Rose Quandt explores the continued use of solitary confinement by the federal Bureau of Prisons despite its numerous proven negative impacts, and the BOP’s continued failure to meet recommendations for reform from its […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Lawsuit Accuses New York Prisons of Illegally Putting Disabled People in Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Phoebe Holman

May 15, 2024

News & Features

After Nine Studies, Use of Solitary Confinement in Federal Prisons Just Keeps Increasing

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by Katie Rose Quandt

May 10, 2024

News & Features

UPDATE: Advocates Respond to New Executive Order, Urge Biden to Take Far Bolder Steps to End Federal Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella

June 6, 2022

News & Features

Will Biden Step Up on Solitary Confinement?

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by Veronica Riccobene and Jean Casella

February 28, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/1/21]

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by Lizzie Kane

February 1, 2021

News & Features

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

News & Features

Where the Democratic Presidential Candidates Stand on Solitary

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by Joshua Manson, Katie Rose Quandt, and James Ridgeway

October 22, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/04/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

September 4, 2016

News & Features

In Open Letter to President Obama, Groups Push for Solitary Confinement Reforms

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by Garrett Zehr

October 3, 2015

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/9/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

August 9, 2015

News & Features

Obama, in Criminal Justice Speech, Denounces the “Overuse of Solitary Confinement” in U.S. Prisons

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by Jean Casella and Garrett Zehr

July 14, 2015

News & Features

Funding Approved for Activation of ADX/USP Thomson, New Federal Supermax Prison

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by Lisa Dawson

March 14, 2014

News & Features

ADX H-Unit on Hunger Strike, Prisoners Being Force-Fed

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by James Ridgeway and Lisa Dawson

February 25, 2014

News & Features

Federal Bureau of Prisons Details Plans for Limited “Audit” of Solitary Confinement Practices

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

November 22, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Life in H-Unit, ADX Federal Supermax

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by Voices from Solitary

November 21, 2013

News & Features

Under Fire, Federal Bureau of Prisons Audits Use of Solitary Confinement—and Buys a New Supermax Prison

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

October 18, 2013

News & Features

Pat Nolan’s Evangelical Prison Reform

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by James Ridgeway

August 8, 2013

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GAO Report Questions Widespread Use of Solitary Confinement in Federal Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 1, 2013

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Feds to Open New Supermax Prison Cells at “Gitmo North”

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 8, 2013

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Federal Bureau of Prisons to Undergo Review of Solitary Confinement Practices

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 5, 2013

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From BOP to CCA: Federal Prison Director Defects to Private Prison Company

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

June 7, 2011

News & Features

No Budget Cuts for Federal Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 13, 2011

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