Private Prisons Archives - Solitary Watch

Private Prisons

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

Private Prisons

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

Seven Days in Solitary [10/27/21]

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

Seven Days in Solitary [1/11/20]

D.C. Jail: From Hellhole to Hotspot

Fourteen Days in Solitary [12/21/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/30/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/23/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/19/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/28/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [3/9/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/3/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/20/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/9/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/28/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/22/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/6/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [3/18/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/2/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/25/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/18/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/14/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/7/18]

Prisons Use Solitary Confinement to Silence Strikers Nationwide—But Their Voices Have Been Heard

Seven Days in Solitary [9/23/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/16/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/26/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/12/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/29/18]