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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 […]

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

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

U.S. Prison Deaths Increased by 77% in Covid-19 Pandemic…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

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

Fourteen Days in Solitary [8/3/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/20/22]

Seven Days In Solitary [4/20/22]

Seven Days In Solitary [4/13/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [3/16/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/8/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/10/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/29/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/18/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/2/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/19/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/12/21]

Fourteen Days in Solitary [5/31/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/25/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/28/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/23/20]

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

Seven Days in Solitary [10/26/20]

Fourteen Days in Solitary [7/6/20]

Voices From Solitary: Postcards From a Prison Pandemic

Despite Harsh Lockdowns, Nearly Half of Women in Massachusetts Prisons Caught the Coronavirus

Seven Days in Solitary [5/11/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [4/20/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [4/13/20]