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New this week from Solitary Watch: Tomorrow, October 24, at 1 pm ET, Solitary Watch will host “Investigating Solitary Confinement,” the second in a series of roundtables by journalists and for journalists. The one-hour roundtable will include a moderated discussion with three exceptional panelists, an open discussion among attendees about the challenges faced and strategies […]

Seven Days in Solitary

New York

Florida Jails People with Mental Illness in Solitary for Months Pre-Trial…

Christa Pike Faces Execution in Tennessee After 30 Years in Solitary…

Women in Solitary Face the “Everyday Violence” of Strip Searches by Male Guards…

Proponents of Solitary Confinement Attempt to Stifle Reform

Voices from Solitary: The Solace I Found in Mail

New ICE Numbers Show Widespread Abuse of Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Isolation and Neglect Fuel Suicides in ICE Detention…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Solitary and Suicides Prevalent in ICE Detention…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

ICE Detainees Put in Solitary After Going on Hunger Strike…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

I Will Choose Death Over Life Behind Bars Unless New York Changes Its Parole Laws

GOP Lawmakers Push to Weaken New York’s Solitary Law…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Light in the Dark: For Incarcerated Writers, Every Day Should Be World Storytelling Day

Incarcerated Immigrant Chooses U.S. Prison Over Deportation to a “Virtual Death Sentence”…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Punished for Disabilities: Minnesota Schoolchildren Held in Isolation…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

In Solitary on Rikers Island

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