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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

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

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by Abraham Santiago

March 20, 2025

Seven Days in Solitary

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

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by Kilhah St Fort

September 18, 2024

News & Features

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

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by Victoria Law

September 17, 2024

Seven Days in Solitary

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

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by Sara Vogel

December 7, 2023

Seven Days in Solitary

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

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by Mirilla Zhu

March 1, 2023

Seven Days in Solitary

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

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by Mirilla Zhu

January 12, 2023

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/2/2022]

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by Caitlin Konya

November 2, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/19/22]

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by Caitlin Konya

October 19, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/22/22]

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by Caitlin Konya

September 22, 2022

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Prison Lockdowns and the Forgotten COVID Casualties

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by Voices from Solitary

September 19, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary 8/10/22

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by Roxanne Barnes and Jean Casella

August 11, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Fourteen Days in Solitary [8/3/21]

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by Roxanne Barnes

August 3, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/6/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

July 6, 2022

News & Features

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

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by Juan Moreno Haines

June 30, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/22/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

June 23, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/8/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

June 8, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days In Solitary [4/20/22]

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by Mirilla Zhu

April 20, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days In Solitary [4/13/22]

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by Mirilla Zhu

April 13, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/6/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

April 6, 2022

News & Features

COVID-Fueled Solitary Confinement Still Plagues Prisons and Jails

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by Katie Rose Quandt and Allison Altshule

March 22, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/2/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

March 2, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/2/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

February 2, 2022

Voices from Solitary

Voices From Solitary: Among the Blood of Last Year’s June

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by Voices from Solitary

January 20, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Fourteen Days in Solitary [12/29/21]

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by Roxanne Barnes

December 29, 2021

News & Features

How Not to Fight a Prison Pandemic [Update]

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by Juan Moreno Haines and Katie Rose Quandt

December 8, 2021

Voices from Solitary

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

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by Voices from Solitary

October 28, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/20/21]

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by Roxanne Barnes

October 20, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/13/21]

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by Roxanne Barnes

October 14, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/9/21]

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by Roxanne Barnes

September 12, 2021

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