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Dennis Hope was placed in solitary confinement in Texas in 1994. After more than a quarter century in isolation and years of litigation, in January 2022, he asked the Supreme Court to consider the constitutionality of solitary “measured in decades, rather than weeks, months, or even years.” The case attracted national coverage. Shortly thereafter, the […]

Voices from Solitary

Psychological Effects

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]

D.C. Jail: From Hellhole to Hotspot

Seven Days in Solitary [12/28/20]

Incarcerated Women Are Punished for Their Trauma With Solitary Confinement

Fourteen Days in Solitary [12/21/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/7/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/30/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/23/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/16/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/9/20]