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“How can we subject prisoners to unnecessary solitary confinement, knowing its effects, and then expect them to return to our communities as whole people?” —Barack Obama addressing the need for solitary confinement reform in 2016. When I was senior editor for San Quentin News, it was rare to find articles in mainstream media outlets showing […]

News & Features

New Book Makes a Powerful Case for Ending Solitary Confinement

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by Juan Moreno Haines

January 23, 2026

Seven Days in Solitary

ICE Reopens Prisons and Detention Centers Previously Closed Due to Abuse and Neglect…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Emily Engel

September 17, 2025

News & Features

Black History Month Is World History Always

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by Juan Moreno Haines and Knowledge Supreme Mind Jackson

February 25, 2025

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What, to the Incarcerated American, Is Your Election Day?

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by Juan Moreno Haines

November 4, 2024

News & Features Ridgeway Reporting Project

Stripped Rights

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by Elizabeth Hawes

October 29, 2024

Seven Days in Solitary

People in Solitary in Texas Are Banned from Reading the Book They Wrote…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

October 16, 2024

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The “Voiceless” Do Have Voices. Are We Listening?

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by Jean Casella

May 31, 2022

Ridgeway Reporting Project

Inside the Underground Economy of Solitary Confinement

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by Solitary Confinement Reporting Project

February 24, 2022

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