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Previously confidential records from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties confirm reports of extensive abuse against detained immigrants. The reports document ICE’s extensive use of solitary confinement, medical neglect, mistreatment of transgender immigrants, and failure to prevent sexual assault in its facilities. As of July 2023, ICE had […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Secret DHS Report Shows Abuse of Solitary in ICE Detention…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

August 24, 2023

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Seven Days in Solitary [9/23/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 23, 2018

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Seven Days in Solitary [1/14/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 14, 2018

News & Features

A Lonely–and Preventable–Death in a Vermont Prison

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

January 4, 2010

Ridgeway Reporting Project

Immigrant Detainees Went on Hunger Strike Against Intolerable Conditions and COVID Exposure. ICE Punished Them with Solitary Confinement.

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by Solitary Confinement Reporting Project

January 28, 2021

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by Jean Casella

June 8, 2014

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by Aviva Stahl

January 31, 2016

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Seven Days in Solitary [8/14/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

August 14, 2016

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Seven Days in Solitary [10/8/2017]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 8, 2017

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Seven Days in Solitary [10/15/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 15, 2017

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Seven Days in Solitary [12/31/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 31, 2017

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Seven Days in Solitary [2/11/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 11, 2018

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Seven Days in Solitary [2/18/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 18, 2018

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 25, 2018

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Seven Days in Solitary [3/4/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

March 4, 2018

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Seven Days in Solitary [3/25/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

March 25, 2018

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Seven Days in Solitary [4/15/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

April 15, 2018

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Seven Days in Solitary [4/22/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

April 22, 2018

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Seven Days in Solitary [5/27/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

May 27, 2018

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Seven Days in Solitary [6/3/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

June 3, 2018

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Seven Days in Solitary [6/10/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

June 10, 2018

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Seven Days in Solitary [6/17/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

June 17, 2018

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Seven Days in Solitary [7/15/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

July 15, 2018

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Seven Days in Solitary [7/22/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

July 22, 2018

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Seven Days in Solitary [7/29/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

July 29, 2018

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Seven Days in Solitary [8/12/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

August 12, 2018

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Seven Days in Solitary [8/26/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

August 26, 2018

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 16, 2018

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Seven Days in Solitary [10/7/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 7, 2018

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