Solitary Watch

Solitary Confinement

• “Silenced: Voices From Solitary in Michigan” is a new, interactive, searchable, and growing digital archive of over 100 letters from solitary in Michigan. Conceived by the group Zealous, it was produced with local partners in the state, as well as a range artists, designers, and coders, to raise awareness about the torture of solitary confinement […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/17/21]

May 19, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/12/21]

by Vaidya Gullapalli

July 14, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/1/21]

February 1, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/27/21]

by Roxanne Barnes

July 27, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/2/21]

by Roxanne Barnes

August 7, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/18/21]

by Roxanne Barnes

August 19, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/25/21]

by Roxanne Barnes

August 25, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/1/21]

by Roxanne Barnes

September 5, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/9/21]

by Roxanne Barnes

September 12, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/15/21]

by Roxanne Barnes

September 15, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/22/21]

by Roxanne Barnes

September 22, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/29/21]

by Roxanne Barnes

September 30, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/6/21]

by Roxanne Barnes

October 6, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/13/21]

by Roxanne Barnes

October 14, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/19/21]

by Annalena Wolcke

July 23, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/27/21]

by Roxanne Barnes

October 28, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/1/21]

by Roxanne Barnes

December 1, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Fourteen Days in Solitary [12/29/21]

by Roxanne Barnes

December 29, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Fourteen Days in Solitary [1/12/22]

by Roxanne Barnes

January 12, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/19/22]

by Roxanne Barnes

January 19, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/26/22]

by Roxanne Barnes

January 26, 2022

News & Features

Feds to Open New Supermax Prison Cells at “Gitmo North”

by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 8, 2013

News & Features

Fortresses of Solitude (Part 1)

by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 28, 2011

News & Features

Fortresses of Solitude (Part 2)

by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

March 1, 2011

News & Features

Suicide in Solitary: The Life and Death of Armando Cruz (Part 1)

by Sal Rodriguez

January 17, 2013

News & Features

Suicide in Solitary: The Life and Death of Armando Cruz (Part 2)

by Sal Rodriguez

January 18, 2013

News & Features

Leaving Cañon City

by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

October 11, 2010

News & Features

City to Sharply Increase Solitary Confinement on Rikers Island

by Dina Levy and Jean Casella

November 21, 2011

News & Features

Louisiana Sues Its Own Death Row Prisoners

by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 12, 2010