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New this week from Solitary Watch: In her latest piece, incarcerated journalist and Solitary Watch Contributing Writer Kwaneta Harris exposes the systemic abuse and psychological violence faced by LGBTQAI+ individuals in prison and solitary confinement. Harris’s writing highlights how incarceration punishes queer identity while mainstream Pride celebrations too often ignore the experiences of those inside. […]

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On Rikers Island, People with Mental Illness Are “Deadlocked” in Cells for Months…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Nebraska Holds Children in Prolonged Solitary in Defiance of State Law…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Storm Over Rikers: Evacuating New York’s Island Jail

New York City Council Moves to Ban Solitary on Rikers…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

More Calls for Federal Takeover of “Dangerous and Deadly” Rikers Island…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

New York City Ordered to Pay up to $53 Million to Survivors of Solitary… And Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Videos Show Brutal Treatment of Prisoners with Mental Illness

“Unrelenting” Solitary on Federal Death Row Alleged to Violate Constitution…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Seven Days in Solitary [11/2/2022]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/5/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/7/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/13/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/17/22]

Fourteen Days in Solitary [8/3/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [3/30/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/23/18]

14 Journalists Awarded Grants from the Solitary Confinement Reporting Project

Voices from Solitary: A Second-by-Second Attack on Your Soul

Voices from Solitary: Women Held in Isolation in New York Speak Out

Voices from Solitary: A Letter to Kalief Browder

Seven Days in Solitary [4.12.13]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/15/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/1/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/23/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/25/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/8/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/15/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/29/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/31/14]