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New this week from Solitary Watch:  We’ve chosen five stories published in 2025 that exemplify what makes Solitary Watch unique, vital, and indispensable—but we hope you’ll explore our website to find hundreds more. We also hope you will join the small legion of Solitary Watch readers who make this work possible by supporting it with […]

Seven Days in Solitary

82-Year-Old Disabled Man Died in Solitary at San Diego Jail …and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

December 31, 2025

Voices from Solitary

After Biden’s Clemency, Trump Has Condemned Us to a Life Worse Than Death

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by Voices from Solitary

September 4, 2025

Seven Days in Solitary

Hunger Strikes Expose Brutal Conditions at Two State Prisons…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Surina Venkat

July 23, 2025

Seven Days in Solitary

Trump’s Policies Throw Lives of  Incarcerated People into Chaos…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Surina Venkat

July 9, 2025

Seven Days in Solitary

Transgender Voices from Prison Describe Abuse and Isolation…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

June 12, 2024

Seven Days in Solitary

Hunger Strike in a Massachusetts Prison Targets Isolation and Abuse…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

October 26, 2023

Seven Days in Solitary

Post-Traumatic Prison Disorder Could Impact Millions…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

May 10, 2023

Seven Days in Solitary

Man With Schizophrenia Starves to Death in Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week 

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by Mirilla Zhu

April 19, 2023

Seven Days in Solitary

John Oliver Covers Solitary Confinement; Texas Lawmakers Seek to Undermine Independent Investigation of Jail Deaths…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week 

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by Mirilla Zhu

April 5, 2023

Seven Days in Solitary

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

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by Mirilla Zhu

February 22, 2023

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/7/21]

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by Annalena Wolcke

June 14, 2021

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