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To our readers: This is the final week of our annual fundraising drive. Make a donation to Solitary Watch now, and your donation will be DOUBLED by NewsMatch! Please consider supporting this vital work before the year ends. Thank you. … New this week from Solitary Watch: Kwaneta Harris, an award-winning incarcerated journalist and our […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Men Were Held in “the Hole” Without Light or Heat in a Pennsylvania Prison…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Kilhah St Fort

December 26, 2024

News & Features

How Washington State Stifles the First Amendment for the Incarcerated

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by Christopher Blackwell

December 22, 2024

Seven Days in Solitary

Refusing Forced Labor in Prisons Is Punished with Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Phoebe Holman

May 29, 2024

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/2/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

March 2, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/14/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 14, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/28/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 28, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/28/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

May 28, 2017

News & Features

Maine Prison Rules Would Use Solitary Confinement to Punish Free Expression

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by Garrett Zehr

November 4, 2015

News & Features

Law Aimed at Silencing People Convicted of Crimes Is Declared Unconstitutional

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by Vaidya Gullapalli

May 1, 2015

News & Features

Guarding the Fortresses: How Prison Policies Limit Media Access to Solitary Confinement

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by Rachel M. Cohen

March 5, 2013

News & Features

Journalists Barred from Prison Isolation Units

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by James Ridgeway

March 5, 2013

News & Features

Prisoner Sent to Solitary Based on Reading Materials

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

June 16, 2010

News & Features

Storming “Little Gitmo”: Lawsuit Challenges Restricted Units in Federal Prisons

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

April 1, 2010

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