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New this week from Solitary Watch:  Solitary Watch reprinted an excerpt from Calvin Duncan and Sophie Cull’s powerful new book The Jailhouse Lawyer: Fighting Abuse and Forced Medication at Angola Prison. In the book, Duncan—who was wrongfully convicted at 19 years old and spent more than 28 years in Louisiana prisons—recounts his time at the […]

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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by Mirilla Zhu

February 22, 2023

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Seven Days in Solitary [6/7/21]

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by Annalena Wolcke

June 14, 2021

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