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New this week from Solitary Watch: In the most recent Voices from Solitary piece, Rodney Reid, who spent half of his 22 years of incarceration in solitary confinement, reflects on nearly three years in solitary on Rikers Island. His piece examines how isolation worsened the already “depleting, dehumanizing, and beyond deplorable” experience of being incarcerated […]

Seven Days in Solitary

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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

Children Held in Solitary for Months at Tennessee Juvenile Jail…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Former U.S. Representative George Santos Held in Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Lawsuit by HIV-Positive Transgender Woman Leads to Policy Change on Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Deaths in Solitary Confinement Spark Protests and Lawsuits…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Louisiana’s Angola Prison to Reopen Unit Notorious for Solitary Confinement Abuses…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

ICE Detainees Deported to El Salvador Report Dark Isolation Cells, Beatings, and Rape… and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Seven Days in Solitary [11/16/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/25/20]