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Lifelong Black Panther Party member Shaykh Ali was first incarcerated in 1967. He re-entered Delaware’s prison system in 1977. While incarcerated, Ali spent the majority of his sentence in solitary confinement. After having served 46 years of a 67-year sentence, Ali was released on April 19, 2023, under Delaware’s compassionate release statute due to various […]

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Mental Illness

Voices from Solitary: They’ll Never Count Me Among the Broken

Growing Body of Evidence Shows Solitary Does Not Make Prisons Safer…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

The Weight of Watching: How Prisons Turn Traumatized Women Into Unpaid Crisis Workers

New Book Makes a Powerful Case for Ending Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary: Dread of Day, Terror by Night

Ending Solitary Confinement Will Save Minds and Lives

Why Prisons Must Be Ground Zero for Suicide Prevention

ICE Reopens Prisons and Detention Centers Previously Closed Due to Abuse and Neglect…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Louisiana’s Angola Prison to Reopen Unit Notorious for Solitary Confinement Abuses…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

The Jailhouse Lawyer: Fighting Abuse and Forced Medication at Angola Prison

Voices from Solitary: Fighting for Everyone’s Liberation

Detained Migrants Face Indefinite Solitary in Texas…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Witnessing the Solitary-to-Cemetery Pipeline

Voices from Solitary: Imagine This

Trump’s New Director of Federal Prisons Brings a Horrific Record on Prison Conditions…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Surviving Solitary

No Exit: Death and Despair in Texas’s “Double-Cell” Solitary Units

The Echo of Isolation: Women in Solitary Confinement in America, Past and Present

Voices from Solitary: My Darkest Night in Solitary Gave Me the Strength to Fight Back

Black History Month Is World History Always

New High-Security Unit on Rikers May Violate Solitary Confinement Law…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Trump Order Will Force Transgender Women to Be Housed in Men’s Prisons…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Invisible Chains

Transgender Women Face Abuse and Solitary in New Jersey and Florida Prisons…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Incarcerated People in Virginia Burn Themselves in Protest of Racial Abuse and Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Sexual Abuse, Medical Neglect, and Prolonged Solitary Reported in ICE Facility…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Incarcerated Women Face Solitary for Reporting Sexual Abuse…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

U.S. DOJ Statement Challenges Placing Children in Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Incarcerated People Are Forced to Do Dangerous Hurricane Cleanup Work…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week