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This week’s pick of news and commentary about solitary confinement: After surviving Tennessee’s execution attempt and spending ten days in intensive care, Christa Pike was transferred to the infirmary at the Debra Johnson Rehabilitation Center, the state’s main women’s prison. Pike is being kept in solitary confinement, which she says adds to the mental and […]

Seven Days in Solitary

After Three Decades in Solitary, Execution Survivor Christa Pike Is Again Held in Isolation…

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by Mira Nalbandian

November 4, 2026

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Women in Solitary Face the “Everyday Violence” of Strip Searches by Male Guards…

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by Mika Kenney

September 10, 2026

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Three Decades of “Consistent Torture” on Ohio’s Death Row…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Kylie Price

August 19, 2026

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There Are No Monsters: A Poem for the Women in Solitary Confinement

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by Kwaneta Harris

April 3, 2026

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ICE Detainees Deported to El Salvador Report Dark Isolation Cells, Beatings, and Rape… and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Isadora Evers

August 6, 2025

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Women in Solitary Speak Out on Sexual Abuse by Staff…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Djamilah Diabate

March 12, 2025

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The Echo of Isolation: Women in Solitary Confinement in America, Past and Present

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by Kwaneta Harris

March 11, 2025

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The Hell Inside Hell: Solitary Confinement in Texas Hides the Sexual Abuse of Women and Girls

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by Kwaneta Harris

June 3, 2024

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Deaf People Face “Pervasive Mistreatment” in Las Vegas Jail…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

January 17, 2024

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

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by Sara Vogel

December 20, 2023

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Report Documents the Solitary Confinement Crisis in Texas Prisons…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

December 15, 2023

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Supreme Court Rejects Appeal of Man Held in Solitary for Years Without Exercise…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

November 15, 2023

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Victims of Sexual Abuse by Prison Staff Face Additional Punishment…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

November 1, 2023

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Prison Journalists Report at Their Own Risk…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

September 27, 2023

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by Lizzie Kane

February 1, 2021

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by Valerie Kiebala

July 8, 2018

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by Valerie Kiebala

April 15, 2018

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by Valerie Kiebala

March 18, 2018

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 11, 2018

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 3, 2017

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 22, 2017

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On the Way to Solitary, Women in Massachusetts Jail Get Strip Searched and Videotaped

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by Victoria Law

May 15, 2014

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