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The following piece, written by Shaun Traywick, was originally published in Truthout. This article was supported by a grant from the Ridgeway Reporting Project, managed by Solitary Watch with funding from the Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation and the Vital Projects Fund.  • • • • • • • • • • In 2022, Alabama became one of the first […]

News & Features Ridgeway Reporting Project

Alabama Voters Banned Prison Slavery—But Prisoners Say It Hasn’t Stopped

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by Shaun Traywick

June 20, 2025

News & Features

Juneteenth to an Incarcerated American 

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by Juan Moreno Haines

June 19, 2025

Seven Days in Solitary

Transgender Voices from Prison Describe Abuse and Isolation…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

June 12, 2024

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Black History in the United States Has Always Included Solitary Confinement

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by Steve Brooks

February 29, 2024

Seven Days in Solitary

Man With Schizophrenia Starves to Death in Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week 

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by Mirilla Zhu

April 19, 2023

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These Labor Unions Are Fighting to Keep Solitary Confinement

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by Victoria Law

August 16, 2022

SW Fact Sheets

New Solitary Watch Fact Sheet Series Launches with “Racism and Solitary Confinement”

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by Jean Casella

June 15, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/27/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

April 27, 2022

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Incarcerated People of Color with Mental Illness Get Less Treatment and More Solitary Confinement

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by Melat Eskender

April 22, 2022

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New York’s Oldest Supermax Prison Closes as State Prepares to Implement Law Limiting Solitary Confinement

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by Victoria Law

March 11, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/29/21]

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by Roxanne Barnes

September 30, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/23/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 23, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/9/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 9, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/3/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

June 3, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/11/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 11, 2018

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New York Supermax

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by Victoria Law

December 14, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/10/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 10, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/12/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 12, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/1/2017]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 1, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/04/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

December 4, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/19/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

July 19, 2015

News & Features

Prison Segregation and Racial Disparities

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

November 2, 2013

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