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New this week from Solitary Watch: In a gut-wrenching retrospective, Solitary Watch Senior Writer Kwaneta Harris shares the pain and grief of a mother whose child died in prison. “It is a wound that festers inside a deliberately manufactured silence,” writes Harris. She goes on to tell the story of Jennifer Rodriguez, whose daughter, Brooklyn […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Rampant Sexual Abuse in Federal Prisons Leads to Solitary as Retaliation…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

May 13, 2026

Seven Days in Solitary

In “The Alabama Solution,” Incarcerated Filmmakers Face Punishment for Exposing the Truth…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Emily Engel

October 15, 2025

Announcements Projects Ridgeway Reporting Project

Eight Incarcerated Journalists Awarded Grants to Report on Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella

September 23, 2025

News & Features

“You Can Never Get That Time Back”: Solitary Confinement Is Devastating for Incarcerated Mothers and Their Children

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by Ella Goldblum

May 12, 2024

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: What My Mother Doesn’t Know

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by Voices from Solitary

November 17, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/22/21]

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by Lizzie Kane

February 22, 2021

News & Features

“You Can Never Get That Time Back”: Solitary Confinement Is Devastating for Incarcerated Mothers and Their Children

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by Ella Goldblum

November 13, 2020

News & Features

With Loved Ones in Prison, Women Lead the Fight Against Solitary Confinement in New York

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by Keri Blakinger

May 28, 2015

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