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New this week from Solitary Watch: In our latest piece from the Ridgeway Reporting Project, Abraham Santiago, a former incarcerated caregiver and now an ICU clinical technician, shares a harrowing firsthand account of working in Connecticut’s prison medical unit during the COVID-19 pandemic. While incarcerated at MacDougall-Walker, Santiago provided care to gravely ill people at […]

Seven Days in Solitary

The Harsh Reality of Being a Prison Journalist…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

by Djamilah Diabate

March 26, 2025

Seven Days in Solitary

NYC Mayor Issues “Emergency Order” to Block New Solitary Confinement Law…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

by Maeve Brennan

July 31, 2024

Seven Days in Solitary

Lawsuit Exposes “Unconstitutional, Torturous” Conditions in a Pennsylvania Prison Unit… and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

by Valerie Kiebala

October 6, 2023

Seven Days in Solitary

Prison Journalists Report at Their Own Risk…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

September 27, 2023

News & Features

In Prison, the Work of Journalism Is Challenging but Essential

by Juan Moreno Haines

July 14, 2022

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: New Memoir by Wilbert Rideau

by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

May 6, 2010

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/24/18]

by Valerie Kiebala

June 24, 2018