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Sean Chaney is a formerly incarcerated artist who served a total of 18 years in various federal prisons before returning home in January 2025. Chaney spent significant time in solitary confinement, including a total of 12 years isolated at Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Lewisburg in Pennsylvania. While FCI Lewisburg is infamous for its brutal use […]

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Federal Prisons

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

Pattern of Beatings and Solitary Preceded Deadly New York Prison Assault…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing on Solitary Confinement…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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

Texas Prisons on Statewide Lockdown…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

The Puppy Protection Act and the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act

The Agony of Living with Dementia Behind Bars…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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

House Democrats Introduce Legislation Banning Solitary in Federal Facilities… and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

BREAKING NEWS: Rep. Cori Bush Introduces House Bill to End Federal Solitary Confinement

Report Reveals Rampant Abuse in Federal Prison’s Solitary Unit… and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Women in Federal Prisons Face Widespread Sexual Abuse…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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

Use of Solitary in Federal Prisons Increases Under Biden… and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

America’s Most Isolated Federal Prisoner Describes 10,220 Days in Extreme Solitary Confinement

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

Voices from Solitary: Head Cases

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

Voices from Solitary: “Loneliness Is a Destroyer of Humanity”

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

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

New Video: Charlie and Pauline Sullivan of C.U.R.E.

Will Biden Step Up on Solitary Confinement?

Voices from Solitary: Ray Luc Levasseur on Life in ADX

Voices from Solitary: “Geezer in the Hole”

Voices from Solitary: Katfish on Life in “The Bucket”

Voices from Solitary: Imprisoned in the First Control Unit for Women

Voices from Solitary: Live from Lockdown

Voices from Solitary: On Solitary Confinement and Finding Humanity