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Solitary Confinement

This essay contains discussions of suicide and self-harm. It is published in partnership with Scalawag, who works in solidarity with oppressed communities in the South to disrupt and shift the narratives that keep power and wealth in the hands of the few. Lynne (a pseudonym) jolts awake at 2 a.m. to a corrections officer banging […]

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Solitary Confinement

The Weight of Watching: How Prisons Turn Traumatized Women Into Unpaid Crisis Workers

The Other ICE Killings: Since Trump Took Office, More Than 20 People Have Died in ICE Custody

Texas Places Woman in Solitary for Prison Cat Fundraiser…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

5 Stories We Were Able to Tell in 2025 Thanks to You

LGBTQ+ People in Solitary Confinement: New Fact Sheet Outlines Disproportionate, Malicious Use on an Already At-Risk Population

BREAKING: We Have a Triple Match!!

Youth Face Prolonged Isolation in Connecticut’s Adult Prisons…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

5 Reasons to Show Your Support for Solitary Watch Before the Year Ends

Report Exposes Torture at Florida Immigration Detention Facilities…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

You Can Be a Lifeline to People in Solitary Confinement

Horrific Abuse in New York’s Prisons Predates Law Limiting Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Mine Was a Voice in the Void. Solitary Watch Listened.

Prison Overcrowding and “Understaffing” Spur Rise in Use of Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

The “Soul-Crushing Loneliness” of Solitary Confinement

NY Prisons Seek to Weaken Law Limiting Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

NewsMatch 2025: Meet This Moment with a Doubled Donation!

The High Cost of Solitary Confinement: New Fact Sheet Reveals the Economic Toll, from Construction to Incarceration and Beyond

Pregnant Women in ICE Detention Face Isolation, Shackling, and Medical Neglect…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Ending Solitary Confinement Will Save Minds and Lives

The Shape-Shifting Face of Solitary Confinement: A Prison Hospital’s Dark Truth

Solitary Rates in ICE Detention Skyrocket Under Trump…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

ICE Reopens Prisons and Detention Centers Previously Closed Due to Abuse and Neglect…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Voices from Solitary: An Elusive Victory

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

New Fact Sheet on Solitary Confinement and Prison Activism Documents How Incarcerated People Are Punished for Defending Their Rights

Joe Rogan Left “Speechless” by Survivor’s Account of Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Hunger Strikes Expose Brutal Conditions at Two State Prisons…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Voices from Solitary: Inside the Hole

Solitary Linked to Epidemic of Prison Suicides… and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week