Civil Liberties/Civil Rights Archives

Civil Liberties/Civil Rights

This week’s pick of news and commentary about solitary confinement: During 2024, six incarcerated men intentionally burned themselves at Red Onion State Prison in protest of the notoriously abusive conditions at the Virginia Supermax prison, which include regular placements in prolonged solitary confinement. A set of emails recently obtained by The Appeal revealed that Red […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Civil Liberties/Civil Rights

Virginia Prison Considered Charging Men Who Burned Themselves to Protest Conditions…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Pattern of Beatings and Solitary Preceded Deadly New York Prison Assault…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Sexual Abuse, Medical Neglect, and Prolonged Solitary Reported in ICE Facility…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

The Fight Against Solitary Confinement Must—and Will—Go On

Most Immigrant Deaths in ICE Detention Were Preventable…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

Texas Prisons Are “Hell on Earth”…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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

Georgia Prison in “Flagrant” Violation of Solitary Reforms…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

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]