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COVID-19

The following article is the latest piece supported by Solitary Watch’s Ridgeway Reporting Project, written by Abraham Santiago, now an Intensive Care Unit clinical technician, author, and advocate. In this piece, Santiago, who spent 20 years incarcerated in Connecticut’s prison system, reports from his personal experience working in the prison’s medical unit, risking his life to […]

News & Features Ridgeway Reporting Project

COVID-19

I Was an Incarcerated Nursing Assistant During Covid. This Is What I Saw.

Washington Prisons Look to Norway for Solitary Reforms…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Corridors of Contagion: How the Pandemic Exposed the Cruelties of Incarceration

U.S. Prison Deaths Increased by 77% in Covid-19 Pandemic…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Man Freezes to Death in Alabama Jail…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Hunger Strike Against Solitary in Texas Prisons…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Seven Days in Solitary [11/2/2022]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/19/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/22/22]

Voices from Solitary: Prison Lockdowns and the Forgotten COVID Casualties

Seven Days in Solitary 8/10/22

Fourteen Days in Solitary [8/3/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/6/22]

The Word: In Prison, We Face Epidemics of Isolation and Neglect on Top of COVID-19

Seven Days in Solitary [4/6/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/8/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/22/22]

Seven Days In Solitary [4/20/22]

Seven Days In Solitary [4/13/22]

Prisons’ Use of Solitary Confinement Explodes with the COVID-19 Pandemic, While Advocates Push for Alternatives

Seven Days in Solitary [2/2/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [3/2/22]

COVID-Fueled Solitary Confinement Still Plagues Prisons and Jails

Voices from Solitary: Message from a Solitary Confinement Survivor for People Under Self-Quarantine

Three Ways to Reach Out to People in Actual Solitary Confinement

Voices From Solitary: Postcards From a Prison Pandemic

Voices from Solitary: In Prisons, Mass Solitary Confinement Turns Quarantine Into Punishment

Voices from Solitary: Why Did They Choose Antonio?

Voices from Solitary: Everyday Torture