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Sean Chaney is a formerly incarcerated artist who served a total of 18 years in various federal prisons before returning home in January 2025. Chaney spent significant time in solitary confinement, including a total of 12 years isolated at Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Lewisburg in Pennsylvania. While FCI Lewisburg is infamous for its brutal use […]

Voices from Solitary

Bureau of Prisons (BOP)

Voices from Solitary: The Crisis at Brooklyn’s “Dangerous, Barbaric” Federal Jail

NYC Mayor Issues “Emergency Order” to Block New Solitary Confinement Law…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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

“You Can Never Get That Time Back”: Solitary Confinement Is Devastating for Incarcerated Mothers and Their Children

Senators Introduce Bipartisan Federal Prison Oversight Bill…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Report Documents Flagrant Violations of New York Solitary Reform Law…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Use of Solitary in Federal Prisons Increases Under Biden… and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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Voices from Solitary: Flipping the Script

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Seven Days in Solitary [8/26/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/25/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/2/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/11/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/18/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [3/11/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [3/18/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/13/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/10/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/24/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/13/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/2/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [4/6/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [4/20/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/25/20]

Fourteen Days in Solitary [6/8/20]

Fourteen Days in Solitary [7/20/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/3/20]