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prison overcrowding

New this week from Solitary Watch: In a gut-wrenching retrospective, Solitary Watch Senior Writer Kwaneta Harris shares the pain and grief of a mother whose child died in prison. “It is a wound that festers inside a deliberately manufactured silence,” writes Harris. She goes on to tell the story of Jennifer Rodriguez, whose daughter, Brooklyn […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Rampant Sexual Abuse in Federal Prisons Leads to Solitary as Retaliation…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

May 13, 2026

Seven Days in Solitary

Prison Overcrowding and “Understaffing” Spur Rise in Use of Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

November 26, 2025

News & Features

Supreme Court Takes the “Radical” Stance That Prisoners Are Human Beings

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 31, 2011

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