New York City Archives - Solitary Watch

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This week’s pick of news and commentary about solitary confinement: Joshua McLemore, a 29-year-old man who was diagnosed with schizophrenia, died of starvation after being held naked and alone in a padded isolation cell at Indiana’s Jackson County Jail. A complaint filed in federal court alleges that the jail violated McLemore’s Fourteenth Amendment rights and […]

Seven Days in Solitary

New York City

Man With Schizophrenia Starves to Death in Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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

Seven Days in Solitary [12/14/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/2/2022]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/22/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/11/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/26/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/19/22]

Fourteen Days in Solitary [1/12/22]

Fourteen Days in Solitary [12/29/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/24/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/10/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/6/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/27/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/12/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/10/21]

In New York, Few Resources for Solitary Confinement Survivors After Prison

Seven Days in Solitary [1/25/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/4/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/28/20]

Fourteen Days in Solitary [12/21/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/7/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/16/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/9/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/26/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/7/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/3/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/27/20]

Fourteen Days in Solitary [7/6/20]