Psychological Effects Archives

Psychological Effects

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

Psychological Effects

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

House Democrats Introduce Legislation Banning Solitary in Federal Facilities… and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Washington Post Renounces “Double-Celled Solitary” and “Suicide Watch”…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Voices From Solitary: Edge of Mortality

Women in Federal Prisons Face Widespread Sexual Abuse…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

New Fact Sheet Explores the Effects of Solitary Confinement on the Human Brain

Anti-Solitary Bills Advance in California and Nevada…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Voices From Solitary: Into the Deep

Post-Traumatic Prison Disorder Could Impact Millions…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Voices from Solitary: “I’m Ready to be Treated Like a Human Again”

Seven Days in Solitary [11/30/2022]

Voices from Solitary: Imagine

Seven Days in Solitary [11/16/2022]

New Fact Sheet Documents the Psychological Effects of Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary: In Solitary Confinement at Age 17 and Fighting for My Sanity

Seven Days in Solitary [11/2/2022]

Voices from Solitary: Living in a California SHU

Voices from Solitary: Prison Lockdowns and the Forgotten COVID Casualties

Voices from Solitary: Books Are a Spark in the Dark

Voices From Solitary: Solitary Poems

Voices from Solitary: Holler with Haiku

Voices from Solitary: A Letter to Kalief Browder

“It’s Like a Slow War, Like a Slow Burn. Like a Slow, Quiet Form of Torture.”

Seven Days in Solitary [10/13/21]

In New York, Few Resources for Solitary Confinement Survivors After Prison

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

Seven Days in Solitary [1/18/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/11/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/4/20]