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In an article supported by Solitary Watch and published this week by The Progressive in its magazine and online, Solitary Watch Senior Writer/Editor Katie Rose Quandt exposes the incontrovertible link between solitary confinement and the epidemic numbers of suicides in U.S. prisons and jails. An excerpt appears below; read the full article on the website […]

News & Features

How Solitary Confinement Kills

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by Katie Rose Quandt

July 10, 2025

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: The Crisis at Brooklyn’s “Dangerous, Barbaric” Federal Jail

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by Voices from Solitary

July 1, 2025

News & Features

Witnessing the Solitary-to-Cemetery Pipeline

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by Kwaneta Harris

April 25, 2025

Seven Days in Solitary

Tennessee Woman Forced to Give Birth Alone in Jail Cell Toilet…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Maeve Brennan

August 14, 2024

Seven Days in Solitary

Deaf People Face “Pervasive Mistreatment” in Las Vegas Jail…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

January 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

Hunger Strike in a Massachusetts Prison Targets Isolation and Abuse…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

October 26, 2023

Seven Days in Solitary

Prison Journalists Report at Their Own Risk…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

September 27, 2023

Seven Days in Solitary

A Moment of Reckoning for Solitary Confinement in California…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

September 8, 2023

Seven Days in Solitary

What It’s Like to Be in Solitary If You Can’t Read…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

August 10, 2023

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/26/22]

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by Mirilla Zhu

October 26, 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

Six Weeks in Solitary [4/5/21]

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by Lizzie Kane

April 6, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/8/21]

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by Lizzie Kane

February 9, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/1/21]

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by Lizzie Kane

February 1, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/11/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 11, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/28/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 28, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Fourteen Days in Solitary [12/21/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 21, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/30/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 30, 2020

Voices from Solitary

The View from Badger Yard: Surviving in San Quentin with COVID-19

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by Juan Moreno Haines

November 25, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/23/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 23, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/16/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 16, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/9/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 9, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/2/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 2, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/26/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 26, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/19/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 19, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/12/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 12, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/5/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 5, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/28/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 29, 2020

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