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This week’s pick of news and commentary about solitary confinement: The cache of materials related to Jeffrey Epstein, released by the U.S. Department of Justice on January 30, includes video of the jail cell in which Epstein died on August 10, 2019. The video shows a fairly typical solitary confinement cell, located in the Metropolitan […]

Seven Days in Solitary

New York

Exposing the “Real Scandal” Behind the Solitary Cell Where Epstein Died…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Death of ICE Detainee Restrained by Guards Is Ruled a Homicide…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

New Book Makes a Powerful Case for Ending Solitary Confinement

Texas Places Woman in Solitary for Prison Cat Fundraiser…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

New York State Holds Children in Solitary Without Toilets…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Maduro Held in Solitary in Federal Jail Known for “Barbaric Conditions”…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

ICE Using Outdoor Solitary in Tiny Cages at Alligator Alcatraz…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Horrific Abuse in New York’s Prisons Predates Law Limiting Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Prison Overcrowding and “Understaffing” Spur Rise in Use of Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Immigrants “Unnecessarily” Held in Solitary at ICE’s Largest Detention Facility…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Trump Frees George Santos from Prison, Denounces His Solitary Confinement…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

In “The Alabama Solution,” Incarcerated Filmmakers Face Punishment for Exposing the Truth…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Children Held in Solitary for Months at Tennessee Juvenile Jail…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Former U.S. Representative George Santos Held in Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Eight Incarcerated Journalists Awarded Grants to Report on Solitary Confinement

Suicides Have Skyrocketed in New York State Prisons, Data Shows…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Lawsuit by HIV-Positive Transgender Woman Leads to Policy Change on Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Deaths in Solitary Confinement Spark Protests and Lawsuits…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Louisiana’s Angola Prison to Reopen Unit Notorious for Solitary Confinement Abuses…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Voices from Solitary: An Elusive Victory

ICE Detainees Deported to El Salvador Report Dark Isolation Cells, Beatings, and Rape… and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Joe Rogan Left “Speechless” by Survivor’s Account of Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Voices from Solitary: Inside the Hole

Trump’s Policies Throw Lives of Incarcerated People into Chaos…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

On Rikers Island, People with Mental Illness Are “Deadlocked” in Cells for Months…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Voices from Solitary: The Crisis at Brooklyn’s “Dangerous, Barbaric” Federal Jail

Hunger Strike in California Prisons Protests New Restrictions…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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

Suicides in North Carolina Prisons Linked to Use of Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week