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This article was published in partnership with Truthout. Republicans are not known for championing the rights of incarcerated people. Doing so would run counter to their purposefully cultivated “tough on crime” image, which often includes a penchant for harsh prison and jail conditions. But in the two years since the January 6 attack on the U.S. […]

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Civil Liberties/Civil Rights

The Right Finally Protests Brutal U.S. Jail Conditions—But Only for January Sixers

Seven Days in Solitary [11/30/2022]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/22/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/7/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/24/22]

Will Biden Step Up on Solitary Confinement?

“It’s Like a Slow War, Like a Slow Burn. Like a Slow, Quiet Form of Torture.”

Seven Days in Solitary [6/7/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [4/6/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/11/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/28/19]

Voices from Solitary: In My Demise (25 Years and Counting)

Behind the Pennsylvania Prison Lockdown: Public Health Crisis or Powerplay?

Seven Days in Solitary [1/7/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/24/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/9/18]

Prisons Use Solitary Confinement to Silence Strikers Nationwide—But Their Voices Have Been Heard

Seven Days in Solitary [9/16/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/9/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/2/18]

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

At Louisiana’s Angola Prison, Lawsuit Claims, the Sick Face Neglect, Isolation, and Death

In Landmark Settlement, Solitary Confinement to Be Dramatically Reduced in California Prisons

Chelsea Manning Faces Solitary Confinement for Reading Materials, Other Minor Infractions

Can International Laws and Standards Help Curb Solitary Confinement in the United States?

Voices from Solitary: A Second-by-Second Attack on Your Soul

British Supreme Court Rules Against Unlawful Use of Prolonged Solitary Confinement

UN’s “Mandela Rules” to Set New International Limits on Solitary Confinement

Kafka and the Debate Over Solitary Confinement