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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

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

Incarcerated Women Are Punished for Their Trauma With Solitary Confinement

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

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

Prison Staff Charged in Dehydration Death of Michigan Man; New Film on Solitary in Texas…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

New Fact Sheet Documents the Psychological Effects of Solitary Confinement

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

Seven Days in Solitary [4/27/22]

Voices from Solitary: Death Would Feel So Much Better

Seven Days in Solitary [9/23/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/14/18]

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

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

Seven Days in Solitary [2/16/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [3/9/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [3/23/22]

Inside the Hole: Enduring Solitary Confinement in California

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

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

Voices From Solitary: Waltzing Into Hell

Voices from Solitary: Double Jeopardy

Voices from Solitary: Six by Ten

Voices from Solitary: Solitary Sorrow

Voices from Solitary: I Am Enduring

Voices from Solitary: On Suicide Watch

Voices from Solitary: Solitary Confinement’s Cycle of Addiction

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

Voices from Solitary: We Go Through Hell Here