New York Archives - Solitary Watch

New York

Today we issued the following press release. We are grateful for the generosity of the Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation, the Vital Projects Fund and readers like you, who make it possible for us to support the work of incarcerated journalists. We also are grateful for the courage and tenacity of these eight individuals, who […]

Announcements Projects Ridgeway Reporting Project

New York

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

Trump Plans to Restore Alcatraz…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Ending the “Last Vestiges of Slavery” in New York

When Freedom Still Feels Like Prison

Voices from Solitary: My Darkest Night in Solitary Gave Me the Strength to Fight Back

New York Suspends Solitary Reforms in Deal to End Prison Strike…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

New York Corrections Officers’ Wildcat Strike Targets Law Limiting Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

New High-Security Unit on Rikers May Violate Solitary Confinement Law…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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

Pattern of Beatings and Solitary Preceded Deadly New York Prison Assault…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Men Were Held in “the Hole” Without Light or Heat in a Pennsylvania Prison…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

New York Mayor Sued for Blocking Solitary Confinement Ban…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Sexual Abuse, Medical Neglect, and Prolonged Solitary Reported in ICE Facility…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

People with Mental Illness on Rikers Locked in Solitary and Denied Treatment…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

How New York’s Maximum-Security Women’s Prison Has Failed to HALT Solitary Confinement