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Solitary confinement is frequently used as a way of deterring people in prison from stepping out of line, and punishing them when they do. Prisons often interpret organizing as a threat to institutional power and control, and do everything they can to prevent people from advocating for their civil rights or for better treatment.

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New Fact Sheet on Solitary Confinement and Prison Activism Documents How Incarcerated People Are Punished for Defending Their Rights

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by Jean Casella

August 1, 2025

News & Features Ridgeway Reporting Project

How New York’s Maximum-Security Women’s Prison Has Failed to HALT Solitary Confinement

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by Sara Kielly

September 26, 2024

Seven Days in Solitary

Prison Journalists Report at Their Own Risk…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

September 27, 2023

News & Features

Jailhouse Lawyers Are Often Punished With Solitary Confinement

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by Roxanne Barnes

December 22, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/1/21]

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by Roxanne Barnes

December 1, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/2/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

March 2, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/14/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 14, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/13/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

July 15, 2019

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Testimony of a Jailhouse Lawyer

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by Voices from Solitary

July 30, 2014

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