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This week’s pick of news and commentary about solitary confinement: Testimonies of people incarcerated all over Texas reveal horrifying conditions, long stays in solitary, and evidence of widespread abuse from correctional officers. Incarcerated people describe being kept in solitary confinement cells no bigger than a bathroom 22 to 24 hours a day in extreme heat. […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Texas Prisons Are “Hell on Earth”…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Phoebe Holman

May 22, 2024

Ridgeway Reporting Project

Incarcerated Women Are Punished for Their Trauma With Solitary Confinement

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by Solitary Confinement Reporting Project

December 24, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Incarcerated Children Face Isolation, Abuse, and Scorching Heat…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

July 26, 2023

Seven Days in Solitary

Washington Post Renounces “Double-Celled Solitary” and “Suicide Watch”…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

July 19, 2023

Seven Days in Solitary

Prison Staff Charged in Dehydration Death of Michigan Man; New Film on Solitary in Texas…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Abigail Gorman

June 28, 2023

Seven Days in Solitary

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

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by Mirilla Zhu

March 9, 2023

Projects SW Fact Sheets

New Fact Sheet Documents the Psychological Effects of Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella

November 15, 2022

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “As Real As It Honestly and Truthfully Gets”

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by Voices from Solitary

August 12, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/27/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

April 27, 2022

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Death Would Feel So Much Better

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by Voices from Solitary

January 23, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/23/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 23, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/14/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 14, 2018

SW Reports

Groundbreaking New Report Exposes Impact of Solitary Confinement in Louisiana State Prisons

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by Jean Casella

June 25, 2019

News & Features

Chicago Jail’s Quest to End Solitary Confinement Is a Work in Progress

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 6, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/16/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

February 16, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/9/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

March 9, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/23/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

March 23, 2022

Ridgeway Reporting Project

Inside the Hole: Enduring Solitary Confinement in California

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by Solitary Confinement Reporting Project

September 2, 2020

Ridgeway Reporting Project

In New York, Few Resources for Solitary Confinement Survivors After Prison

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by Solitary Confinement Reporting Project

February 8, 2021

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: A Day in the Life, Part I

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by Voices from Solitary

February 18, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices From Solitary: Waltzing Into Hell

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by Voices from Solitary

August 28, 2018

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Double Jeopardy

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by Voices from Solitary

September 9, 2018

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Six by Ten

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by Voices from Solitary

February 12, 2019

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Solitary Sorrow

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by Voices from Solitary

March 8, 2019

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: I Am Enduring

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by Voices from Solitary

December 28, 2018

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: On Suicide Watch

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by Voices from Solitary

April 17, 2019

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Solitary Confinement’s Cycle of Addiction

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by Voices from Solitary

August 27, 2019

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Coronavirus Panic in a Quarantined Washington State Prison

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by Voices from Solitary

April 22, 2020

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: We Go Through Hell Here

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by Voices from Solitary

May 3, 2019

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