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This article is published in partnership with The Stranger. This was going to be the year for solitary confinement reform, Anthony Blankenship remembers thinking. A legislative coalition organizer for Civil Survival, he’d seen many bills start out with promising momentum only to die later in the legislative session. But 2023 had a different feel to […]

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Bill to Reduce Solitary Confinement in Washington State Stalls, But Advocates Vow to Continue the Fight

U.S. Use of Solitary Defies International Treaty, UN Finds…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Hunger Strike in a Massachusetts Prison Targets Isolation and Abuse…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

“Alternatives” to Solitary in New Jersey Prisons Fail to Reflect Reform Law…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Proposed “Emergency” Regulations Double Down on Solitary Use in California…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Will Court and Legislative Delays Threaten California’s Solitary Confinement Limits?

New York Prison Guards Conceal Rampant Abuse Behind a “Blue Wall”…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Senators Introduce Bipartisan Federal Prison Oversight Bill…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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

“Unrelenting” Solitary on Federal Death Row Alleged to Violate Constitution…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Long-Awaited Prison Census Shows More Than 75,000 People in Solitary Confinement

With Loved Ones in Prison, Women Lead the Fight Against Solitary Confinement in New York

Law Aimed at Silencing People Convicted of Crimes Is Declared Unconstitutional

Legislation Limiting Solitary Confinement in New York Gains Momentum

New York City Officials and Advocates Push for Change to the “Culture of Brutality” on Rikers Island

New York Lawmakers Introduce Bill to End Long-Term Solitary Confinement

Thirty Days in Solitary

Florida Bill Would Limit Use of Solitary Confinement on Children

Montana Legislature Considers Solitary Confinement Reform

Pennsylvania Lawmakers Hear Testimony on the Torture of Solitary Confinement

“New York’s Black Sites”: New Article About Solitary Confinement in State Prisons

Report from Senate Hearing on Solitary Confinement

Now Available: Collection of Written Testimony for Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on Solitary Confinement

California Bill Would Lift Media Ban on Access to Prisons

First Congressional Hearing on Solitary Confinement to Be Held June 19

Solitary Confinement on Trial in Colorado

Suicide and Solitary Confinement in New York State Prisons