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New this week from Solitary Watch: Victoria Law, a freelance journalist and Solitary Watch contributor, explores how the COVID-19 pandemic intensified the cruelties of incarceration in her latest book Corridors of Contagion. Featuring testimonies from five people incarcerated across the United States, the book combines storytelling with cutting-edge analysis of the structural failures of the […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Washington Prisons Look to Norway for Solitary Reforms…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Kilhah St Fort

September 18, 2024

Seven Days in Solitary

Negligence in New Jersey Prison Led to Death at Christmas…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

December 27, 2023

SW Reports

Louisiana on Lockdown: The History of Solitary Confinement in Louisiana

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by Katie Rose Quandt

September 12, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/29/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

July 29, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/22/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 22, 2017

News & Features

Senate Democrats Introduce Landmark Bill to Reform Solitary Confinement in Federal Prisons

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by Joshua Manson

October 7, 2016

News & Features

Locked Down Alone: New Report Documents Solitary Confinement in Ohio’s Prisons

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by Sarah Blatt-Herold

June 3, 2016

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“This Is a Public Safety Approach”: Solitary Confinement Reform Begins in Idaho

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by Aviva Stahl

May 31, 2016

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Legal Settlement Is Having a “Transformative Effect” on Solitary Confinement in California Prisons

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by Sal Rodriguez

February 8, 2016

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Agreement Will Reduce Solitary Confinement of Mentally Ill in Oregon Prisons

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by Sal Rodriguez

January 19, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/29/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

November 29, 2015

News & Features

For Solitary Confinement in U.S. Prisons, A Year of Incremental Reform

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

January 7, 2015

News & Features

Lawsuit Secures New Limits on Solitary Confinement in New York’s Prisons

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by Jean Casella

February 21, 2014

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New Report Criticizes Use of Solitary Confinement in New Mexico Prisons and Jails

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by Lisa Dawson

November 9, 2013

News & Features

As Washington State Prisons Begin Reforms, 800 Remain in Solitary Confinement

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by Sal Rodriguez

January 16, 2013

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