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This week’s pick of news and commentary about solitary confinement: The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is being called “an agency in crisis” after a series of recent reports by government watchdogs. Washington Post | One, by the Justice Department’s Inspector General, revealed that the prison system struggles to keep people in its facilities alive. […]

Seven Days in Solitary

California

Federal Prisons Under Fire From Watchdogs Over Solitary, Suicides…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

New York City Council Moves to Ban Solitary on Rikers…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Report Documents the Solitary Confinement Crisis in Texas Prisons…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

U.S. Prison Deaths Increased by 77% in Covid-19 Pandemic…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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

The Conservative Case Against Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Supreme Court Rejects Appeal of Man Held in Solitary for Years Without Exercise…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

DOJ Launches Civil Rights Investigation of Two Deadly South Carolina Jails…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Victims of Sexual Abuse by Prison Staff Face Additional Punishment…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Hunger Strike in a Massachusetts Prison Targets Isolation and Abuse…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

“Alternatives” to Solitary in New Jersey Prisons Fail to Reflect Reform Law…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Proposed “Emergency” Regulations Double Down on Solitary Use in California…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Will Court and Legislative Delays Threaten California’s Solitary Confinement Limits?

Voices from Solitary: Freedom of Movement

A Moment of Reckoning for Solitary Confinement in California…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Victims of Sexual Assaults by Prison Staff Are Thrown in Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

The Agony of Living with Dementia Behind Bars…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

What It’s Like to Be in Solitary If You Can’t Read…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Report Reveals Rampant Abuse in Federal Prison’s Solitary Unit… and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Gathered to Mark Anniversary of Historic Prison Hunger Strike, Advocates Vow to End Solitary Confinement in California

New York Prison Guards Conceal Rampant Abuse Behind a “Blue Wall”…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

More Calls for Federal Takeover of “Dangerous and Deadly” Rikers Island…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Anti-Solitary Bills Advance in California and Nevada…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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

New York City Ordered to Pay up to $53 Million to Survivors of Solitary… And Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

John Oliver Covers Solitary Confinement; Texas Lawmakers Seek to Undermine Independent Investigation of Jail Deaths…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Man Freezes to Death in Alabama Jail…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Video Exposes Force Feeding at ADX Florence…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Pelican Bay Hunger Strike Leader Held in Solitary for Six More Years…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week