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New this week from Solitary Watch: Prison writer and activist Jeremy Busby debunks the myths surrounding Texas’s “double-cell” solitary units, which house two people in a single cell for nearly 24 hours a day. Following the death of Alton Rodger, an incarcerated man, Busby details the inhumane conditions of these cells and how they contributed […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Virginia Governor Vetoes Solitary Reform Bill…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week 

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by Kilhah St Fort

April 2, 2025

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Moving Day

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by Voices from Solitary

March 27, 2025

Seven Days in Solitary

Protests Against Long-Term Solitary Continue in Virginia…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

January 10, 2024

Seven Days in Solitary

New Study Finds ICE Locks Thousands of Immigrants in Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

February 14, 2024

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: You Have to Be There

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by Voices from Solitary

January 22, 2024

Seven Days in Solitary

The Conservative Case Against Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

November 22, 2023

Seven Days in Solitary

Lawsuit Exposes “Unconstitutional, Torturous” Conditions in a Pennsylvania Prison Unit… and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 6, 2023

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Freedom of Movement

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by Voices from Solitary

September 11, 2023

Seven Days in Solitary

New York City Ordered to Pay up to $53 Million to Survivors of Solitary… And Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

April 26, 2023

Seven Days in Solitary

Kids Locked Up Alone in Filthy Cells at Baltimore County Jail…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Mirilla Zhu

March 22, 2023

Seven Days in Solitary

Men on Texas Death Row Sue to End Decades of “Cruel” Isolation…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Mirilla Zhu

February 2, 2023

Seven Days in Solitary

“Unrelenting” Solitary on Federal Death Row Alleged to Violate Constitution…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Mirilla Zhu

January 25, 2023

Seven Days in Solitary

Federal Judge Orders Arizona to Fix Deadly Prison Conditions…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Mirilla Zhu

January 18, 2023

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/13/22]

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by Mirilla Zhu

September 14, 2022

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Living on Deathwatch

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by Voices from Solitary

May 16, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/16/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

April 16, 2017

News & Features

American Outcasts: U.S. Prisons and Modern Day Banishment

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by James Ridgeway

April 24, 2015

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: A Day in the Life, Part II

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by Voices from Solitary

February 24, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/9/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

February 9, 2022

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: New Memoir by Wilbert Rideau

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

May 6, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Kenneth E. Hartman on “The Other Death Penalty”

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

May 19, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Life on Level 3, Texas Death Row

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

August 8, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Lane Nelson on Angola’s Death Row

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

March 5, 2011

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Loneliness and Solitude

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by Sal Rodriguez

October 1, 2011

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Art from Tennessee’s Death Row

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by Voices from Solitary

January 20, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: What Solitary Confinement Does to the Mind

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by Voices from Solitary

February 16, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “Death Row Diary” of Florida Man Scheduled to Die Tonight

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by Voices from Solitary

June 12, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: TV Death Row

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by Voices from Solitary

March 21, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: The Heaviness of Blood

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by Voices from Solitary

October 31, 2014

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