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children in solitary

New this week from Solitary Watch: In the most recent Voices from Solitary piece, Rodney Reid, who spent half of his 22 years of incarceration in solitary confinement, reflects on nearly three years in solitary on Rikers Island. His piece examines how isolation worsened the already “depleting, dehumanizing, and beyond deplorable” experience of being incarcerated […]

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children in solitary

Punished for Disabilities: Minnesota Schoolchildren Held in Isolation…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Texas Places Woman in Solitary for Prison Cat Fundraiser…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

New York State Holds Children in Solitary Without Toilets…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Children Held in Solitary for Months at Tennessee Juvenile Jail…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Hunger Strike in California Prisons Protests New Restrictions…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

D.C. Department of Corrections Withholds Information on Use of Solitary in Jails…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Historic Lawsuit Challenges the Use of Indefinite Solitary Confinement in Pennsylvania Prisons…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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

NY City Council Overrides Mayor’s Veto of Bill Banning Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Kids in Albuquerque Jail “Locked Down in Our Cells All Day Like a Animal in a Zoo”…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

The Conservative Case Against Solitary…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

House Democrats Introduce Legislation Banning Solitary in Federal Facilities… and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Seven Days in Solitary [3/2/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/3/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/22/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [4/23/2017]

Seven Days in Solitary [01/01/2017]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/25/2016]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/2/2016]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/25/2016]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/10/2016]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/8/2016]

Seven Days in Solitary [4/24/2016]

Seven Days in Solitary [01/10/2016]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/5/2015]

Seven Days in Solitary [4/12/2015]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/31/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/1/13]