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New this week from Solitary Watch: • In an article co-published by Solitary Watch and The Nation, Victoria Law looks at how many correctional officers’ unions are pushing back against prison reforms, including new laws restricting the use of solitary confinement. She focuses on New York, where the state correctional officers’ union, NYSCOBA, has mounted […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/17/22]

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by Mirilla Zhu

August 17, 2022

News & Features

These Labor Unions Are Fighting to Keep Solitary Confinement

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by Victoria Law

August 16, 2022

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “As Real As It Honestly and Truthfully Gets”

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by Voices from Solitary

August 12, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary 8/10/22

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by Roxanne Barnes and Jean Casella

August 11, 2022

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The Word: The Art of Changing Hearts and Minds on Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella

August 3, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Fourteen Days in Solitary [8/3/21]

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by Roxanne Barnes

August 3, 2022

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Arkansas to Add More Prison Beds Using Budget Surplus from Federal COVID Funds

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by Katie Rose Quandt

July 27, 2022

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“Immersive and Transformative” Play About Solitary Confinement Tours the Country

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by Roxanne Barnes

July 21, 2022

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Seven Days in Solitary [7/13/22]

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by Valentina Flores

July 14, 2022

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Seven Days in Solitary [7/6/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

July 6, 2022

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Seven Days in Solitary [6/29/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

June 29, 2022

Voices from Solitary

Voices From Solitary: Solitary Poems

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by Voices from Solitary

June 23, 2022

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Long-Awaited Prison Census Shows More Than 75,000 People in Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and Vaidya Gullapalli

June 16, 2022

SW Fact Sheets

New Solitary Watch Fact Sheet Series Launches with “Racism and Solitary Confinement”

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by Jean Casella

June 15, 2022

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Holler with Haiku

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by Voices from Solitary

June 9, 2022

News & Features

UPDATE: Advocates Respond to New Executive Order, Urge Biden to Take Far Bolder Steps to End Federal Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella

June 6, 2022

News & Features

The “Voiceless” Do Have Voices. Are We Listening?

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by Jean Casella

May 31, 2022

News & Features

New Executive Order Includes Solitary Confinement Reforms, but Falls Short of Biden’s Campaign Promise 

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by Jean Casella

May 25, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/25/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

May 25, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/18/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

May 19, 2022

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Living on Deathwatch

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by Voices from Solitary

May 16, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/11/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

May 11, 2022

Voices from Solitary

Voices From Solitary: Positive Delusions

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by Voices from Solitary

May 11, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/4/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

May 4, 2022

News & Features

The Word: The Myth of Safety Through Punishment

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by Vaidya Gullapalli

April 29, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/27/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

April 27, 2022

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: An Open Letter from the Allegheny County Jail

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by Voices from Solitary

April 27, 2022

News & Features

Incarcerated People of Color with Mental Illness Get Less Treatment and More Solitary Confinement

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by Melat Eskender

April 22, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days In Solitary [4/20/22]

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by Mirilla Zhu

April 20, 2022

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