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This story is co-published with The Appeal. Alton Rodgers’s cellmate beat him repeatedly for a month before he died. On at least five occasions, Rodgers’s cellmate allegedly smashed Rodgers’s head against the concrete floor, walls, and other objects. According to the lawsuit that Rodgers’s family filed against the prison system, Rodgers, who was 6’3”, had […]

News & Features

No Exit: Death and Despair in Texas’s “Double-Cell” Solitary Units

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by Jeremy Busby

March 31, 2025

News & Features Ridgeway Reporting Project

I Was an Incarcerated Nursing Assistant During Covid. This Is What I Saw.

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by Abraham Santiago

March 20, 2025

Seven Days in Solitary

U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing on Solitary Confinement…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

April 17, 2024

Seven Days in Solitary

American Psychological Association Resolution Calls for Ban on Youth Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

March 13, 2024

Seven Days in Solitary

Historic Lawsuit Challenges the Use of Indefinite Solitary Confinement in Pennsylvania Prisons…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

March 6, 2024

Seven Days in Solitary

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

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by Sara Vogel

December 20, 2023

Seven Days in Solitary

Report Documents the Solitary Confinement Crisis in Texas Prisons…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

December 15, 2023

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/16/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 16, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/25/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

May 26, 2020

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