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Al Jazeera English’s media show, “The Listening Post,” has a feature on the challenges that journalists and advocates have faced exposing solitary confinement in U.S. prisons and jails—a hidden world that is home to some 100,000 people, but has been kept resolutely off-limits to the public and the press. The piece features Solitary Watch’s James […]

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Solitary Voices: Journalists and Advocates Uncover a Dark Corner of the U.S. Criminal Justice System

Report: 500% Increase in Use of Solitary Confinement During COVID-19 Puts Hundreds of Thousands of People at Risk

Seven Days in Solitary [4/13/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/31/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/1/2017]

Seven Days in Solitary [4/29/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/21/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/13/19]

“Companionship or Death”: Jewish Engagement With the Injustice of Solitary Confinement

Prayers for People in Solitary Confinement

“Occupy” Prison Protests in California Oppose Use of Solitary Confinement

New Video: National Religious Campaign Against Torture Takes a Stand on Solitary Confinement

Tuesday Night in NYC: Forum on Solitary Confinement Features UN Special Rapporteur on Torture

“The Destruction of the Human Spirit”: Testimony of Rev. William McGarvey on Solitary Confinement

Upcoming Forum in New York on Solitary Confinement in State Prisons

Tolerating Torture