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New this week from Solitary Watch: This week, Solitary Watch Senior Writers Juan Moreno Haines and Katie Rose Quandt were named winner of the 2023 Media for a Just Society Award in the category of “Media by a Person Who is Incarcerated” for their article titled “San Quentin Is Still Punishing People for Being Sick.” […]

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Legislation

A Moment of Reckoning for Solitary Confinement in California…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

What It’s Like to Be in Solitary If You Can’t Read…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

BREAKING NEWS: Rep. Cori Bush Introduces House Bill to End Federal Solitary Confinement

Report Reveals Rampant Abuse in Federal Prison’s Solitary Unit… and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Women in Federal Prisons Face Widespread Sexual Abuse…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Anti-Solitary Bills Advance in California and Nevada…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Maryland Solitary Confinement Reform Bill Stalls in Democratic State Legislature, Despite Rare Support from Corrections Union

When Suicide Watch Becomes a Death Sentence…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

The Solitary Confinement Law Everyone Is Watching

Federal Court Orders Arizona to End Its “Unconstitutional” Use of Solitary… and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Kids Locked Up Alone in Filthy Cells at Baltimore County Jail…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Video Exposes Force Feeding at ADX Florence…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Pelican Bay Hunger Strike Leader Held in Solitary for Six More Years…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Man Freezes to Death in Alabama Jail…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Use of Solitary in Federal Prisons Increases Under Biden… and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

New Report and Public Database Track Legislation to Limit or End Solitary Confinement

The Right Finally Protests Brutal U.S. Jail Conditions—But Only for January Sixers

One Prison Strike Ends; Another May Begin…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Seven Days in Solitary [11/16/2022]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/2/2022]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/26/22]

Here in San Quentin, I See Why Solitary Confinement Must End

Voices from Solitary: Living in a California SHU

Seven Days in Solitary [8/17/22]

Seven Days In Solitary [4/20/22]

Seven Days In Solitary [4/13/22]

In Connecticut, Opponents of Solitary Confinement Renew the Fight for Strong Legislation and Independent Oversight

New York’s Oldest Supermax Prison Closes as State Prepares to Implement Law Limiting Solitary Confinement

Will Biden Step Up on Solitary Confinement?