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New this week from Solitary Watch:  Dwayne “Bim” Staats has spent nearly 17 years in solitary confinement in prisons across Pennsylvania and Delaware. In his essay for Voices from Solitary, Staats writes from the perspective of his nephew when he was three years old, drawing from Staats’s personal experiences, conversations with his family, and stories […]

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Corrections Leaders Say Solitary Does Not Make Prisons Safer…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Lena Massengale

June 18, 2025

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Immigrants Detained Nationwide Face Isolation and Squalor…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

June 11, 2025

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

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by Francisco Rodriguez

January 29, 2025

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Virginia Prison Considered Charging Men Who Burned Themselves to Protest Conditions…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Francisco Rodriguez

January 16, 2025

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Illinois Legislature Passes Bill to Increase Transparency on Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Kilhah St Fort

January 8, 2025

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

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by Francisco Rodriguez

December 4, 2024

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After 22 Years in a Solitary Cell, Nevada Man Fights to End the Torture…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Maeve Brennan

June 19, 2024

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Nebraska Holds Children in Prolonged Solitary in Defiance of State Law…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

January 31, 2024

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Negligence in New Jersey Prison Led to Death at Christmas…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

December 27, 2023

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Prison Journalists Report at Their Own Risk…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

September 27, 2023

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Men on Texas Death Row Sue to End Decades of “Cruel” Isolation…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Mirilla Zhu

February 2, 2023

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Seven Days in Solitary [10/26/22]

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by Mirilla Zhu

October 26, 2022

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Seven Days in Solitary [2/15/21]

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by Lizzie Kane

February 15, 2021

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Seven Days in Solitary [12/7/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 7, 2020

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Seven Days in Solitary [6/15/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

June 15, 2020

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Seven Days in Solitary [2/17/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 17, 2020

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Seven Days in Solitary [1/20/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 20, 2020

News & Features

A Watershed Year in the Movement to Stop Solitary Confinement

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

January 2, 2020

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Seven Days in Solitary [12/23/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 23, 2019

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Seven Days in Solitary [11/25/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 26, 2019

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Seven Days in Solitary [9/2/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 2, 2019

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Seven Days in Solitary [5/20/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

May 20, 2019

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Seven Days in Solitary [2/25/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 25, 2019

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Seven Days in Solitary [12/24/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 24, 2018

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Seven Days in Solitary [2/4/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 4, 2018

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Seven Days in Solitary [1/28/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 28, 2018

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Seven Days in Solitary [08/20/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

August 20, 2017

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Seven Days in Solitary [6/04/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

June 5, 2017

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Seven Days in Solitary [5/21/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

May 21, 2017

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