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Solitary Confinement

Florida has one of the highest rates of solitary confinement in the nation, at one eighth of the total state prison population. Florida’s usage of solitary is extreme not only in its scale, but also its implementation, with African Americans and individuals with mental illness significantly overrepresented in isolation. Florida’s prisons and juvenile detention centers […]

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Solitary Confinement

Solitary Confinement Out of Control in Florida Prisons

Innocent After Years in Solitary on Rikers, Woman Tried on New Charges for Alleged Misbehavior in Jail

Voices From Solitary: Restless Nights

After 33 Years in Solitary Confinement, Former Black Panther Russell Shoatz Will Have His Day in Court

Activists Turn to Lawsuits and Legislation to Fight Solitary Confinement in New Jersey

BREAKING NEWS: Angola 3’s Albert Woodfox Freed from Prison After 43 Years in Solitary Confinement

Settlement Limits Solitary Confinement for People With Mental Illness in Indiana’s Prisons

Legal Settlement Is Having a “Transformative Effect” on Solitary Confinement in California Prisons

Now Available—Our New Book: The First Collection of Voices from Solitary Confinement

What Obama’s Actions Mean for Solitary Confinement in America’s Prisons

Agreement Will Reduce Solitary Confinement of Mentally Ill in Oregon Prisons

Legal Settlement Demands Better Mental Health Care, Less Solitary Confinement in Illinois Prisons

Children Held in Solitary Confinement in Nebraska for “Days, Weeks, Even Months”

With Sons in Solitary, Mothers Fight for Their Freedom—and Their Lives

Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

How the Landmark Settlement Will—and Will Not—Change Solitary Confinement in New York’s Prisons

Will the Supreme Court Free Albert Woodfox After 43 Years in Solitary?

Shakeup in Alaska Prisons Targets “Overuse” of Solitary Confinement

Seven Days in Solitary [11/8/2015]

Maine Prison Rules Would Use Solitary Confinement to Punish Free Expression

Voices from Solitary: Pregnant in Prison, Birth in Shackles

85% of LGBTQ People Behind Bars Report Spending Time in Solitary

“Together to End Solitary” Unites Activists Nationwide

How Britain Does Supermax

Off the Block

Seven Days in Solitary [10/18/2015]

New Feature: Milestones in Solitary Reform

Seven Days in Solitary [10/11/2015]

Voices from Solitary: We Are All Animals