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New this week from Solitary Watch: Writing for Filter, Solitary Watch’s Sara Vogel reveals that digital mail further isolates those in solitary confinement in Texas prisons. Under a new policy, letters, photos, greeting cards, and postcards are now redirected to a digital mail processing center to be scanned and electronically sent to tablets or printed […]

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Illinois

Illinois Legislature Passes Bill to Increase Transparency on Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

U.S. DOJ Statement Challenges Placing Children in Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Incarcerated People Are Forced to Do Dangerous Hurricane Cleanup Work…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Illinois Lawmakers Advocate for Limits on Solitary Confinement…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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

Texas Prisons Are “Hell on Earth”…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Georgia Prison in “Flagrant” Violation of Solitary Reforms…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

New Study Finds ICE Locks Thousands of Immigrants in Solitary…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

Ninety Percent of Incarcerated Transgender People Report Experiencing Solitary Confinement…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

New York City Council Moves to Ban Solitary on Rikers…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Supreme Court Rejects Appeal of Man Held in Solitary for Years Without Exercise…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

No Decrease in Solitary Use in Federal Prisons…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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

Federal Court Orders Arizona to End Its “Unconstitutional” Use of Solitary… and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Report Documents Flagrant Violations of New York Solitary Reform Law…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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

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

Seven Days in Solitary [2/23/22]

Voices from Solitary: The Meaning of “Life”

Voices from Solitary: “I Lost the Will to Live”