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“How can we subject prisoners to unnecessary solitary confinement, knowing its effects, and then expect them to return to our communities as whole people?” —Barack Obama addressing the need for solitary confinement reform in 2016. When I was senior editor for San Quentin News, it was rare to find articles in mainstream media outlets showing […]

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New Jersey

New Book Makes a Powerful Case for Ending Solitary Confinement

Victims of Sexual Assaults by Prison Staff Are Thrown in Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Incarcerated Children Face Isolation, Abuse, and Scorching Heat…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Washington Post Renounces “Double-Celled Solitary” and “Suicide Watch”…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Staff Accused of Starting “Fight Club” at New Jersey Prison…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Seven Days in Solitary [7/6/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/9/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/15/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/2/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/1/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/11/20]

Voices from Solitary: Flashes from Hell

Fourteen Days in Solitary [8/24/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/18/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/4/20]

A Watershed Year in the Movement to Stop Solitary Confinement

Seven Days in Solitary [12/16/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/23/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/19/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/5/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/29/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/22/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/13/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/1/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/24/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/10/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/27/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/6/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [4/22/19]