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Civil Liberties/Civil Rights

New this week from Solitary Watch: In the latest piece from the Ridgeway Reporting Project, Nicholas Brooks, a writer currently incarcerated at Green Haven Correctional Facility in New York, examines forced prison labor within the state’s Department of Corrections and across the United States. While incarcerated at Sullivan Correctional Facility, Brooks worked in the prison’s […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Trump Plans to Restore Alcatraz…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Francisco Rodriguez

May 7, 2025

Seven Days in Solitary

Federal Judge Allows Detention and Torture of Migrants at Guantanamo…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Francisco Rodriguez

March 19, 2025

Seven Days in Solitary

New High-Security Unit on Rikers May Violate Solitary Confinement Law…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Francisco Rodriguez

February 19, 2025

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ACLU Sues ICE for Transparency on Solitary Confinement Rules…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Djamilah Diabate

February 12, 2025

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

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by Francisco Rodriguez

January 16, 2025

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

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by Francisco Rodriguez

January 2, 2025

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

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by Francisco Rodriguez

November 20, 2024

News & Features

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

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by Jean Casella and Juan Moreno Haines

November 12, 2024

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Most Immigrant Deaths in ICE Detention Were Preventable…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Maeve Brennan

July 3, 2024

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

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by Phoebe Holman

May 29, 2024

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

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by Phoebe Holman

May 22, 2024

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

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by Phoebe Holman

May 15, 2024

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Georgia Prison in “Flagrant” Violation of Solitary Reforms…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

May 2, 2024

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

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by Sara Vogel

November 8, 2023

News & Features

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

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by Katie Rose Quandt

January 9, 2023

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/30/2022]

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by Caitlin Konya

November 30, 2022

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Seven Days in Solitary [9/22/22]

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by Caitlin Konya

September 22, 2022

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Seven Days in Solitary [9/7/22]

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by Caitlin Konya

September 8, 2022

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Seven Days in Solitary [8/24/22]

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by Caitlin Konya

August 24, 2022

News & Features

Will Biden Step Up on Solitary Confinement?

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by Veronica Riccobene and Jean Casella

February 28, 2022

Voices from Solitary

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

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by Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg

December 14, 2021

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Seven Days in Solitary [6/7/21]

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by Annalena Wolcke

June 14, 2021

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Seven Days in Solitary [4/6/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

April 10, 2020

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Seven Days in Solitary [11/11/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 11, 2019

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Seven Days in Solitary [10/28/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 28, 2019

Voices from Solitary

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

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by Voices from Solitary

March 21, 2019

News & Features

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

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 21, 2019

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Seven Days in Solitary [1/7/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 7, 2019

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Seven Days in Solitary [12/24/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 24, 2018

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