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Mental Illness

New from Solitary Watch: • Our Voices from Solitary series features a new piece by Dennis Hope, who was placed in solitary in Texas in 1994. After more than a quarter century in isolation and years of litigation, in January 2022, he asked the Supreme Court to consider the constitutionality of solitary “measured in decades, rather than weeks, […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/21/22]

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by Mirilla Zhu

December 22, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/14/22]

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by Caitlin Konya

December 15, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/16/2022]

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by Caitlin Konya

November 16, 2022

Projects SW Fact Sheets

New Fact Sheet Documents the Psychological Effects of Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella

November 15, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/22/22]

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by Caitlin Konya

September 22, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/24/22]

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by Caitlin Konya

August 24, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/6/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

July 6, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/29/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

June 29, 2022

Voices from Solitary

Voices From Solitary: Solitary Poems

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by Voices from Solitary

June 23, 2022

SW Fact Sheets

New Solitary Watch Fact Sheet Series Launches with “Racism and Solitary Confinement”

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by Jean Casella

June 15, 2022

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Holler with Haiku

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by Voices from Solitary

June 9, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/1/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

June 1, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/4/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

May 4, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/27/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

April 27, 2022

News & Features

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

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by Melat Eskender

April 22, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/6/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

April 6, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/23/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

February 23, 2022

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: What My Mother Doesn’t Know

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by Voices from Solitary

November 17, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/6/21]

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by Roxanne Barnes

October 6, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/25/21]

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by Roxanne Barnes

August 25, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/19/21]

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by Annalena Wolcke

July 23, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

A Month in Solitary [5/3/21]

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by Annalena Wolcke

May 3, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Six Weeks in Solitary [4/5/21]

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by Lizzie Kane

April 6, 2021

News & Features

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

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by Juan Moreno Haines

February 11, 2021

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

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/18/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 18, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/11/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 11, 2021

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Flashes from Hell

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by Voices from Solitary

January 11, 2021

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

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