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For Mother’s Day, we are reposting this article, originally published in November 2020. It was May 2020, and Esther Arias was finally going to be released from prison. For years of her 14-year sentence, she had held out hope that she would win her appeal and surprise her four kids one day by picking them […]

News & Features

“You Can Never Get That Time Back”: Solitary Confinement Is Devastating for Incarcerated Mothers and Their Children

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by Ella Goldblum

May 12, 2024

Seven Days in Solitary

Protests Build Against ICE’s Use of Solitary in Immigration Detention…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

April 3, 2024

Seven Days in Solitary

U.S. Prison Deaths Increased by 77% in Covid-19 Pandemic…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week  

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by Sara Vogel

December 7, 2023

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

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by Sara Vogel

October 26, 2023

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

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by Mirilla Zhu

March 1, 2023

Seven Days in Solitary

Fourteen Days in Solitary [8/3/21]

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by Roxanne Barnes

August 3, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/20/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

July 20, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days In Solitary [4/20/22]

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by Mirilla Zhu

April 20, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days In Solitary [4/13/22]

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by Mirilla Zhu

April 13, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/13/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

April 19, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/14/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 14, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/16/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

March 16, 2022

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Growing Old in Isolation

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May 8, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices From Solitary: Postcards From a Prison Pandemic

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by Voices from Solitary

July 1, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/28/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

February 28, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/19/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

June 19, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/15/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

January 15, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/30/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

October 30, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [01/08/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

January 8, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/23/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

April 23, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/25/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

June 25, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/16/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

July 16, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [09/17/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

September 17, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/22/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 22, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/26/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 26, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/11/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 11, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/18/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 18, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/11/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

March 11, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/1/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

April 1, 2018

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