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• Brie Williams, Professor of Medicine at University of California San Francisco and director of the group AMEND, and UCSF medical school student Amanda Li wrote in the Public Health Post about a study their team conducted. The study found that “the prevalence of high blood pressure was 31% higher among those held in solitary confinement.” […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/8/21]

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by Lizzie Kane

February 9, 2021

Ridgeway Reporting Project

In New York, Few Resources for Solitary Confinement Survivors After Prison

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by Solitary Confinement Reporting Project

February 8, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/1/21]

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by Lizzie Kane

February 1, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/25/21]

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by Lizzie Kane

January 28, 2021

News & Features

Santa Was in Solitary and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 24, 2020

News & Features

In New York’s State Prisons, One Night in Solitary Can Derail an Education

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by Alexandra Gibbons

November 20, 2020

News & Features

“You Can Never Get That Time Back”: Solitary Confinement Is Devastating for Incarcerated Mothers and Their Children

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by Ella Goldblum

November 13, 2020

News & Features

Inside One Lawyer’s Quest to End Solitary Confinement

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by Katie Rose Quandt

November 1, 2020

News & Features

At San Quentin, a Desperate Man Goes on Hunger Strike to Protest Conditions in a COVID-19 Isolation Unit

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by Juan Moreno Haines

August 10, 2020

News & Features

“Man Down:” Left in the Hole at San Quentin During a Coronavirus Crisis

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by Juan Moreno Haines

July 7, 2020

Voices from Solitary

Voices From Solitary: Postcards From a Prison Pandemic

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by Voices from Solitary

July 1, 2020

Ridgeway Reporting Project

How to Survive Supermax

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by Solitary Confinement Reporting Project

June 20, 2020

Voices from Solitary

Three Ways to Reach Out to People in Actual Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 7, 2020

News & Features

As COVID-19 Spreads Through Prisons, Solitary Confinement Is Used to Punish Whistleblowers and Suppress Protests

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by Valerie Kiebala and Katie Rose Quandt

May 5, 2020

News & Features

Prisons’ Use of Solitary Confinement Explodes with the COVID-19 Pandemic, While Advocates Push for Alternatives

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by Jean Casella and Katie Rose Quandt

April 10, 2020

News & Features

Even Brief Exposure to Solitary Confinement May Increase Risk of Death After Prison

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by Brian Sonenstein

February 13, 2020

News & Features

For Vulnerable Children, the School Day Can Include Solitary Confinement

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

January 30, 2020

News & Features

Santa Was in Solitary and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 25, 2019

News & Features

Massachusetts Department of Correction Gives a Lesson in How to Get Around Solitary Confinement Reforms

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by Katie Rose Quandt

November 20, 2019

SW Reports

Unlocking the Box in Louisiana

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by Jean Casella

November 14, 2019

News & Features

Where the Democratic Presidential Candidates Stand on Solitary

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by Joshua Manson, Katie Rose Quandt, and James Ridgeway

October 22, 2019

News & Features

Book Bans Reveal What Prison Officials Ignore and What They Fear

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by Vaidya Gullapalli

September 26, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/19/19]

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by Katie Rose Quandt

August 19, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/12/19]

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by Katie Rose Quandt

August 13, 2019

Photo Requests from Solitary

“Photo Requests from Solitary” Comes to the Brooklyn Public Library

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by Jean Casella

March 27, 2019

Ridgeway Reporting Project

Deadline Extended to FEBRUARY 7: Grants Available to Journalists for Reporting on Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

January 28, 2019

News & Features

Santa Was in Solitary and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 20, 2018

News & Features

Could This Be the Worst Solitary Confinement Unit in the Nation?

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by Jess Hallam

August 1, 2018

News & Features

“As Long As Solitary Exists, They Will Find a Way to Use It”: Five Years After California’s Prison Hunger Strike

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by Victoria Law

July 13, 2018

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