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This week’s pick of news and commentary about solitary confinement: A KQED investigation revealed a pattern of sexual abuse and retaliation against incarcerated women at the Central California Women’s Facility—one of the largest women’s prisons in the world. Hundreds of disciplinary records revealed systematic failures to investigate allegations against staff and a lack of accountability […]

Seven Days in Solitary

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“Unbroken Pattern” of Sexual Abuse and Retaliation in California Women’s Prison Includes Months in Solitary…

New Survey Finds Bipartisan Support for Limits on Solitary Confinement…

Florida Jails People with Mental Illness in Solitary for Months Pre-Trial…

Christa Pike Faces Execution in Tennessee After 30 Years in Solitary…

Gravely Ill Man Died Alone in Oklahoma Jail After Being “Ignored, Ridiculed, and Tormented”…

Transgender Immigrants Face Isolation and Abuse in ICE Detention…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Three Decades of “Consistent Torture” on Ohio’s Death Row…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

120 ICE Detainees Describe Abuse at Arizona Detention Center…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Illinois Prison Accused of Holding People in “Dungeon-like” Cells Without Exercise…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

People in Solitary in Texas are “Basically Being Cooked to Death”…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Class-Action Lawsuit Challenges Oregon’s Use of Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Solitary and Suicides Prevalent in ICE Detention…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Judge Condemns “Unprompted” Solitary for Suspect in Correspondents’ Dinner Shooting…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

ICE Detainees Put in Solitary After Going on Hunger Strike…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Black Transgender Women Face Isolation and Abuse in North Carolina Prisons…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Detainees Reportedly Held in Conditions of Torture at “Alligator Alcatraz”…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Punished for Disabilities: Minnesota Schoolchildren Held in Isolation…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Pregnant Women in ICE Custody Being Shackled, Put in Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Exposing the “Real Scandal” Behind the Solitary Cell Where Epstein Died…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

After Decades in Solitary, Pelican Bay Hunger Strikers Navigate the Free World…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Death of ICE Detainee Restrained by Guards Is Ruled a Homicide…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Texas Places Woman in Solitary for Prison Cat Fundraiser…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

New York State Holds Children in Solitary Without Toilets…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Maduro Held in Solitary in Federal Jail Known for “Barbaric Conditions”…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Youth Face Prolonged Isolation in Connecticut’s Adult Prisons…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Report Exposes Torture at Florida Immigration Detention Facilities…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

NY Prisons Seek to Weaken Law Limiting Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Chaos and Death at Federal Prisons During Government Shutdown…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Pregnant Women in ICE Detention Face Isolation, Shackling, and Medical Neglect…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week