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New from Solitary Watch: In an essay for our Voices from Solitary series, L. LeDonne describes her experience in solitary while incarcerated in Connecticut’s York Correctional Institution. A musician by training, LeDonne wrote “Seg Song” as a response to the isolation of solitary. “The only remedy I knew was to write, to create, so I […]

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Abusive Federal “Double Solitary” Unit Closes…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Men on Texas Death Row Sue to End Decades of “Cruel” Isolation…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Seven Days in Solitary [11/9/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/31/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/24/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/8/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/18/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [4/27/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/23/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/15/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/10/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/29/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/25/21]

Fourteen Days in Solitary [5/31/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/17/21]

A Month in Solitary [5/3/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/19/20]

Fourteen Days in Solitary [8/24/20]

Fourteen Days in Solitary [6/8/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [4/27/20]

Fourteen Days in Solitary [3/30/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/13/20]

Chicago Jail’s Quest to End Solitary Confinement Is a Work in Progress

Seven Days in Solitary [12/16/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/25/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/11/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/13/19]

How Solitary Confinement Can Lead to a Life Sentence in Prison

Seven Days in Solitary [5/20/19]