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COVID-19

• The New York Times reports that federal officials announced the temporary closure of the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC), a federal jail in Lower Manhattan. They have described it as part of an effort to improve conditions at the jail, which have been dangerous for years, but only received widespread attention in 2019 after the suicide […]

Seven Days in Solitary

COVID-19

Seven Days in Solitary [9/1/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/25/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/18/21]

Voices from Solitary: Everyday Torture

How Not to Fight a Prison Pandemic

Why Lockdowns Can’t Protect People in Prison From Deadly Viruses

Seven Days in Solitary [6/7/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/17/21]

Voices from Solitary: Why Did They Choose Antonio?

Seven Days in Solitary [5/10/21]

Six Weeks in Solitary [4/5/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/22/21]

At San Quentin, the Response to COVID-19 Brings More Isolation and Suffering to People with Mental Illness

Seven Days in Solitary [2/8/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/1/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/25/21]

In New York’s State Prisons, One Night in Solitary Can Derail an Education

At San Quentin, a Desperate Man Goes on Hunger Strike to Protest Conditions in a COVID-19 Isolation Unit

As Black Lives Matter Protests Mounted, Federal Prisons Went on Lockdown—and Their Staffs Were Deployed to the Streets

“I Hope Our Daughters Will Not Be Punished”

“Man Down:” Left in the Hole at San Quentin During a Coronavirus Crisis

Voices From Solitary: Postcards From a Prison Pandemic

Despite Harsh Lockdowns, Nearly Half of Women in Massachusetts Prisons Caught the Coronavirus

Seven Days in Solitary [5/25/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/18/20]

Three Ways to Reach Out to People in Actual Solitary Confinement

As COVID-19 Spreads Through Prisons, Solitary Confinement Is Used to Punish Whistleblowers and Suppress Protests

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

Local Jails Were Death Traps Even Before COVID-19. The Pandemic Demands Sweeping—and Permanent—Change.