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New this week from Solitary Watch: Dwayne “Bim” Staats has spent nearly 17 years in solitary confinement in prisons across Pennsylvania and Delaware. In his essay for Voices from Solitary, Staats writes from the perspective of his nephew when he was three years old, drawing from Staats’s personal experiences, conversations with his family, and stories […]

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Solitary Confinement

Corrections Leaders Say Solitary Does Not Make Prisons Safer…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Immigrants Detained Nationwide Face Isolation and Squalor…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Suicides in North Carolina Prisons Linked to Use of Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Detained Migrants Face Indefinite Solitary in Texas…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Voices from Solitary: Crawling Out of the Darkness, Part 2

Migrants Face Inhumane Conditions, Abuse, and Solitary at El Paso ICE Facility…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Trump Plans to Restore Alcatraz…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Trump DOJ Cuts Funding for Prison Rape Prevention and Survivors…and Other News on Solitary Confinement this Week

Pope Francis Condemned Solitary Confinement as Torture…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Voices from Solitary: Imagine This

Trump’s New Director of Federal Prisons Brings a Horrific Record on Prison Conditions…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

LA County Settles $4 Billion Sexual Abuse Lawsuit for Juvenile Detention Victims… and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Surviving Solitary

Virginia Governor Vetoes Solitary Reform Bill…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Voices from Solitary: Moving Day

The Harsh Reality of Being a Prison Journalist…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

I Was an Incarcerated Nursing Assistant During Covid. This Is What I Saw.

Federal Judge Allows Detention and Torture of Migrants at Guantanamo…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Documentary “The Strike” Reveals the Humanity of People in Solitary Confinement—and the Possibility of Change

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

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

New York Suspends Solitary Reforms in Deal to End Prison Strike…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

New York Corrections Officers’ Wildcat Strike Targets Law Limiting Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

New High-Security Unit on Rikers May Violate Solitary Confinement Law…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

ACLU Sues ICE for Transparency on Solitary Confinement Rules…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

New Fact Sheet on Solitary Confinement in Immigration Detention Warns of Growth Under Trump

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Trump Order Will Force Transgender Women to Be Housed in Men’s Prisons…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Voices From Solitary: Dispatches from Unit 29 at Parchman Prison