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Mental Illness

Youth at the Baltimore County Detention Center have been locked in squalid, rat-infested cells for 23 hours a day, according to a letter from the Maryland Office of the Public Defender. Youth are not separated from adults at the facility and students with disabilities are not afforded individualized educational plans, in violation of federal law. The […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Kids Locked Up Alone in Filthy Cells at Baltimore County Jail…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Mirilla Zhu

March 22, 2023

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Video Exposes Force Feeding at ADX Florence…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week 

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by Mirilla Zhu

March 15, 2023

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Seven Days in Solitary [12/21/22]

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by Mirilla Zhu

December 22, 2022

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Seven Days in Solitary [12/14/22]

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by Caitlin Konya

December 15, 2022

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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

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Seven Days in Solitary [9/22/22]

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by Caitlin Konya

September 22, 2022

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Seven Days in Solitary [8/24/22]

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by Caitlin Konya

August 24, 2022

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Seven Days in Solitary [7/6/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

July 6, 2022

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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

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Seven Days in Solitary [6/1/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

June 1, 2022

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Seven Days in Solitary [5/4/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

May 4, 2022

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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

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Seven Days in Solitary [4/6/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

April 6, 2022

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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

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Seven Days in Solitary [10/6/21]

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by Roxanne Barnes

October 6, 2021

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Seven Days in Solitary [8/25/21]

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by Roxanne Barnes

August 25, 2021

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Seven Days in Solitary [7/19/21]

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by Annalena Wolcke

July 23, 2021

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A Month in Solitary [5/3/21]

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by Annalena Wolcke

May 3, 2021

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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

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Seven Days in Solitary [1/18/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 18, 2021

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Seven Days in Solitary [1/11/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 11, 2021

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