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UPDATE, JUNE 6: In a press release, the Federal Anti-Solitary Task Force (FAST) “questioned the impact of provisions in President Biden’s recent Executive Order on Policing and Criminal Justice Practices related to solitary confinement in light of the widespread use of solitary in federal prisons and his and Vice President Harris’s much more far-reaching pledge to end solitary confinement. […]

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Federal Prisons

UPDATE: Advocates Respond to New Executive Order, Urge Biden to Take Far Bolder Steps to End Federal Solitary Confinement

New Executive Order Includes Solitary Confinement Reforms, but Falls Short of Biden’s Campaign Promise

Will Biden Step Up on Solitary Confinement?

Seven Days in Solitary [9/1/21]

A Month in Solitary [5/3/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/18/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/11/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/4/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/26/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/12/20]

Voices from Solitary: Flipping the Script

Seven Days in Solitary [9/14/20]

Fourteen Days in Solitary [8/24/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/10/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/3/20]

Voices from Solitary: What Starts in ADX Stays in ADX

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

Report: 500% Increase in Use of Solitary Confinement During COVID-19 Puts Hundreds of Thousands of People at Risk

Seven Days in Solitary [6/15/20]

Fourteen Days in Solitary [6/8/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/25/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [4/20/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [4/6/20]

Fourteen Days in Solitary [3/30/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [3/16/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/23/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/16/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/11/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/23/19]