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When Solitary Watch was founded in 2009, there was nothing else like it out there. Solitary confinement was the best-kept secret of the U.S. criminal justice system—a shadow world that was inhabited by upwards of 100,000 people, yet managed to remain out of sight of the American public, and resolutely off-limits to the press. Over more […]

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5 Stories We Were Able to Tell in 2025 Thanks to You

Ending Solitary Confinement Will Save Minds and Lives

Joe Rogan Left “Speechless” by Survivor’s Account of Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Hunger Strikes Expose Brutal Conditions at Two State Prisons…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Voices from Solitary: Inside the Hole

Solitary Linked to Epidemic of Prison Suicides… and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

After Decades in Solitary, a Sliver of Light

Corrections Leaders Say Solitary Does Not Make Prisons Safer…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Detained Migrants Face Indefinite Solitary in Texas…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Voices from Solitary: Crawling Out of the Darkness, Part 2

Trump’s New Director of Federal Prisons Brings a Horrific Record on Prison Conditions…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

LA County Settles $4 Billion Sexual Abuse Lawsuit for Juvenile Detention Victims… and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Surviving Solitary

The Echo of Isolation: Women in Solitary Confinement in America, Past and Present

New York Suspends Solitary Reforms in Deal to End Prison Strike…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Voices from Solitary: The Toll Isolation Takes

ACLU Sues ICE for Transparency on Solitary Confinement Rules…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

New Fact Sheet on Solitary Confinement in Immigration Detention Warns of Growth Under Trump

Voices From Solitary: Dispatches from Unit 29 at Parchman Prison

Illinois Legislature Passes Bill to Increase Transparency on Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Transgender Women Face Abuse and Solitary in New Jersey and Florida Prisons…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Voices from Solitary: Polluted Waters

Incarcerated Women Face Solitary for Reporting Sexual Abuse…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

U.S. DOJ Statement Challenges Placing Children in Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Incarcerated People Are Forced to Do Dangerous Hurricane Cleanup Work…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

People with Mental Illness on Rikers Locked in Solitary and Denied Treatment…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Corridors of Contagion: How the Pandemic Exposed the Cruelties of Incarceration

New Fact Sheet on Women in Solitary Confinement

New Fact Sheet on Children Held in Solitary Confinement