Solitary Watch

prison activism

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

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

by Lizzie Twardock

February 11, 2026

News & Features

After Exposing Prison Horrors for an Oscar-Nominated Film, Incarcerated Whistleblowers Are Moved to Solitary

by Katie Rose Quandt

January 26, 2026

News & Features

Remembering Black August from Prison: The Struggle Continues

by Kwaneta Harris

August 22, 2025

Seven Days in Solitary

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

by Isadora Evers

August 6, 2025

Projects SW Fact Sheets

New Fact Sheet on Solitary Confinement and Prison Activism Documents How Incarcerated People Are Punished for Defending Their Rights

by Jean Casella

August 1, 2025