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Solitary Confinement

New this week from Solitary Watch: In an article this week for Solitary Watch, Spencer Weinreich explores the origin of solitary confinement during the witch trials in the seventeenth century city of Bamberg. Writing about the prison Malefizhaus, Weinreich draws parallels between the torture faced by accused witches and the torture of modern solitary confinement. […]

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Solitary Confinement

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

Seventeenth-Century Supermax: The Origins of Solitary Confinement

No Decrease in Solitary Use in Federal Prisons…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Will Court and Legislative Delays Threaten California’s Solitary Confinement Limits?

Texas Prisons on Statewide Lockdown…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Voices from Solitary: Freedom of Movement

A Moment of Reckoning for Solitary Confinement in California…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

New Fact Sheet Confirms the Key Role of Prison Oversight in Ending Solitary Confinement

Secret DHS Report Shows Abuse of Solitary in ICE Detention…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

The Agony of Living with Dementia Behind Bars…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

What It’s Like to Be in Solitary If You Can’t Read…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

House Democrats Introduce Legislation Banning Solitary in Federal Facilities… and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

BREAKING NEWS: Rep. Cori Bush Introduces House Bill to End Federal Solitary Confinement

Incarcerated Children Face Isolation, Abuse, and Scorching Heat…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Washington Post Renounces “Double-Celled Solitary” and “Suicide Watch”…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Gathered to Mark Anniversary of Historic Prison Hunger Strike, Advocates Vow to End Solitary Confinement in California

Report Reveals Rampant Abuse in Federal Prison’s Solitary Unit… and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Voices From Solitary: Edge of Mortality

Solitary in Texas Is “a Slaughterhouse for Souls”…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Prison Staff Charged in Dehydration Death of Michigan Man; New Film on Solitary in Texas…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Ridgeway Reporting Project Awards Grants to Incarcerated Journalists to Report on U.S. Prison Conditions

Women in Federal Prisons Face Widespread Sexual Abuse…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 Fact Sheet Explores the Effects of Solitary Confinement on the Human Brain

Anti-Solitary Bills Advance in California and Nevada…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

The Word: Why Counting Everyone in Solitary Confinement Matters

New York Prison Guards Conceal Rampant Abuse Behind a “Blue Wall”…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Voices From Solitary: Into the Deep

Maryland Solitary Confinement Reform Bill Stalls in Democratic State Legislature, Despite Rare Support from Corrections Union