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County of San Diego

New this week from Solitary Watch: When JD was arrested and placed in solitary confinement, her body was “still healing from a difficult labor, still bleeding, still adjusting after birth, still overwhelmed by the hormonal storm that every mother endures in those first fragile weeks.” Despite exhibiting signs of postpartum depression and aggravated symptoms of […]

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Pregnant Women in ICE Detention Face Isolation, Shackling, and Medical Neglect…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

October 29, 2025

Seven Days in Solitary

Suicides Have Skyrocketed in New York State Prisons, Data Shows…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Samantha Santoro

September 3, 2025

Seven Days in Solitary

Louisiana’s Angola Prison to Reopen Unit Notorious for Solitary Confinement Abuses…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Surina Venkat

August 13, 2025

Seven Days in Solitary

Hunger Strikes Expose Brutal Conditions at Two State Prisons…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Surina Venkat

July 23, 2025

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/30/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

April 30, 2017

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