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Mental Illness

New this week from Solitary Watch: • In the first of a series of monthly dispatches from Solitary Watch, Vaidya Gullapalli writes about the ineffective, inhumane use of punishment for rehabilitation in lock-up. She describes the extreme of this punishment, noting that “the response to difficult or dangerous behavior, acts of survival or resistance, or even […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Mental Illness

Seven Days In Solitary [5/4/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [4/27/22]

Incarcerated People of Color with Mental Illness Get Less Treatment and More Solitary Confinement

Seven Days In Solitary [4/6/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/23/22]

Voices from Solitary: What My Mother Doesn’t Know

Seven Days in Solitary [10/6/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/25/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/19/21]

A Month in Solitary [5/3/21]

Six Weeks in Solitary [4/5/21]

At San Quentin, the Response to COVID-19 Brings More Isolation and Suffering to People with Mental Illness

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

Seven Days in Solitary [1/18/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/11/20]

Voices from Solitary: Flashes from Hell

Incarcerated Women Are Punished for Their Trauma With Solitary Confinement

Fourteen Days in Solitary [12/21/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/7/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/30/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/23/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/9/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/2/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/26/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/19/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/21/20]

Inside the Hole: Enduring Solitary Confinement in California

Seven Days in Solitary [8/31/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/10/20]