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The following article was written by incarcerated journalist Kevin Light-Roth with support from the Ridgeway Reporting Project, managed by Solitary Watch with funding from the Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation and the Vital Projects Fund. The article was originally published in The Progressive. • • • • • • • • • • Micaela Romero can clearly […]

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Getting Out of the Hole

The Word: The Radical Humanity of Prison Correspondence

Voices from Solitary: The Solace I Found in Mail

UPDATED: Fact Sheet on Solitary Confinement in Immigration Detention in 2026

Incarcerated Immigrant Chooses U.S. Prison Over Deportation to a “Virtual Death Sentence”…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

New Book Makes a Powerful Case for Ending Solitary Confinement

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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