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Solitary Confinement

The following roundup features noteworthy news, reports and opinions on solitary confinement from the past week that have not been covered in other Solitary Watch posts. • For the first time in at least a decade, a guard at Rikers Island has been arrested in relation to a death in custody and charged with violating […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/30/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

March 30, 2014

News & Features

Severely Disabled Man Sues New York State Prisons for Neglect, Abuse

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by James Ridgeway

March 27, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: A Day in the Life, Part IV

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by Voices from Solitary

March 25, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/23/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

March 23, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: TV Death Row

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by Voices from Solitary

March 21, 2014

News & Features

Torture on Death Row: Court Rules Against Automatic Use of Solitary Confinement for the Condemned

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by Aviva Stahl

March 17, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/16/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

March 16, 2014

News & Features

Funding Approved for Activation of ADX/USP Thomson, New Federal Supermax Prison

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by Lisa Dawson

March 14, 2014

News & Features

Private Prison Giant CCA Weighs in on Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella

March 12, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/9/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

March 9, 2014

News & Features

Way Down in the Hole: Senate Hearing Challenges Solitary Confinement for Some, But Not All

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by Jean Casella

March 5, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: A Day in the Life, Part III

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by Voices from Solitary

March 3, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/2/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

March 2, 2014

News & Features

Doing “Bing Time”: Memories of a Mental Health Worker in Rikers Island’s Solitary Confinement Unit

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

February 28, 2014

News & Features

ADX H-Unit on Hunger Strike, Prisoners Being Force-Fed

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by James Ridgeway and Lisa Dawson

February 25, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: A Day in the Life, Part II

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by Voices from Solitary

February 24, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/23/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

February 23, 2014

News & Features

Lawsuit Secures New Limits on Solitary Confinement in New York’s Prisons

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by Jean Casella

February 21, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: A Day in the Life, Part I

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by Voices from Solitary

February 18, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/16/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

February 16, 2014

News & Features

At Hearing on Solitary Confinement in California Prisons, Advocates Challenge “Reforms”

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by Sarah Shourd

February 14, 2014

News & Features

Seven Months After Historic Prison Hunger Strike, Opponents of Solitary in California Gauge the Pace of Change

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by Victoria Law

February 10, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/9/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

February 9, 2014

News & Features

Far from Guantánamo, Torture Takes Root in American Soil

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by Jean Casella

February 9, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Hunger Strike in Menard Prison

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by Voices from Solitary

February 6, 2014

News & Features

New York Lawmakers Introduce Bill to End Long-Term Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella

February 4, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/2/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

February 2, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Walk With Me — Life on the Inside of the SMU at USP Lewisburg

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by Voices from Solitary

February 2, 2014

News & Features

Prison Health Care: Is the American Health Profession Ignoring a Human Rights Issue Hiding in Plain Sight?

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by James Ridgeway

February 1, 2014

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