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New this week from Solitary Watch: In a recent article, published in partnership with the Davis Vanguard, James Anderson investigates the use of solitary confinement on vulnerable populations at Maguire Correctional Facility, the main jail in San Mateo County. Approximately one-fifth of Maguire’s population is housed in solitary confinement—nearly four times higher than the national […]

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

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

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

Voices from Solitary: Prison Lockdowns and the Forgotten COVID Casualties

Seven Days In Solitary [4/13/22]

COVID-Fueled Solitary Confinement Still Plagues Prisons and Jails

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

Seven Days in Solitary [2/16/22]

Fourteen Days in Solitary [12/29/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/18/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/4/20]

D.C. Jail: From Hellhole to Hotspot

Seven Days in Solitary [12/7/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/23/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/2/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/12/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/5/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/28/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/14/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/7/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/31/20]

Voices from Solitary: Fighting the Coronavirus in Prison with Transfers, Isolation, Threats, and Game Boys

Seven Days in Solitary [8/10/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/3/20]

Voices from Solitary: What Starts in ADX Stays in ADX

As Black Lives Matter Protests Mounted, Federal Prisons Went on Lockdown—and Their Staffs Were Deployed to the Streets

Fourteen Days in Solitary [7/20/20]

“Man Down:” Left in the Hole at San Quentin During a Coronavirus Crisis

Fourteen Days in Solitary [7/6/20]