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New this week from Solitary Watch: The most recent fact sheet in our series covers children in solitary confinement. “Solitary confinement causes serious physical, neurological, and psychological harm to adults, and has even more dire effects on children, whose minds and bodies are still growing and developing,” the fact sheet states. “The United Nations classifies […]

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New York Prisons Violate Solitary Confinement Law…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Gathered to Mark Anniversary of Historic Prison Hunger Strike, Advocates Vow to End Solitary Confinement in California

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

Immigrant Detainees Went on Hunger Strike Against Intolerable Conditions and COVID Exposure. ICE Punished Them with Solitary Confinement.

Seven Days in Solitary [1/18/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/11/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/28/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/7/20]

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

Voices from Solitary: Flipping the Script

Seven Days in Solitary [8/31/20]

“Man Down:” Left in the Hole at San Quentin During a Coronavirus Crisis

Seven Days in Solitary [6/22/20]

Fourteen Days in Solitary [6/8/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/25/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/18/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/4/20]

Voices from Solitary: Message from a Solitary Confinement Survivor for People Under Self-Quarantine

Seven Days in Solitary [4/13/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/3/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/27/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/20/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/2/18]

Prisons Use Solitary Confinement to Silence Strikers Nationwide—But Their Voices Have Been Heard

Seven Days in Solitary [9/23/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/2/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/19/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/12/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/15/18]