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New This Week from Solitary Watch: In her latest article, Solitary Watch contributing writer Kwaneta Harris breaks down the relationship between suicide and the solitary-to-cemetery pipeline. Through personal narrative, she calls attention to the lack of protocols to provide support for those in solitary after these traumatic events take place. Harris also spotlights the plight […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Trump DOJ Cuts Funding for Prison Rape Prevention and Survivors…and Other News on Solitary Confinement this Week

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by Kilhah St Fort

April 30, 2025

News & Features

85% of LGBTQ People Behind Bars Report Spending Time in Solitary

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by Aviva Stahl

October 26, 2015

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/19/2015]

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by Vaidya Gullapalli

April 19, 2015

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New ACLU Report Examines Devastating Impact of Solitary Confinement on Women

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by Victoria Law

April 24, 2014

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The Ten Worst Prisons in America

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 2, 2013

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“Complete Lawlessness” at Orleans Parish Prison

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

April 7, 2012

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Abu Ghraib on the Allegheny: Sexual and Physical Abuse at Pennsylvania Prison

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 28, 2011

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Prisoner Sent to Solitary for Reporting Rape Takes Her Case to the Supreme Court

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

November 2, 2010

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LGBT Kids in Prison Face Rape, Beatings, and Isolation

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 13, 2010

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Two Clinton Era Laws That Allow Cruel and Unusual Punishment (Redux)

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 22, 2010

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Woman Prisoner Sent to Solitary for Reporting Rape by Guard

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 3, 2010

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