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Solitary Confinement

The New York City Board of Correction (BOC) voted on Monday to reject a petition to limit solitary confinement in New York City’s jails. The petition, developed by a grassroots advocacy group called the Jails Action Coalition (JAC), sought to bring sweeping reform to a jail system with one of the highest rates of prison […]

News & Features

Board of Correction Votes Against Limiting Solitary Confinement in New York City Jails

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by Cat Guzman and Jean Casella

June 7, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: The Loneliest Place in the World

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by Voices from Solitary

June 3, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/2/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

June 2, 2013

News & Features

GAO Report Questions Widespread Use of Solitary Confinement in Federal Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 1, 2013

News & Features

Measure to Limit Solitary Confinement Advances in Senate Immigration Bill

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by Rachel M. Cohen

May 29, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/26/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

May 26, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Your Imagination, But My Reality

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by Voices from Solitary

May 25, 2013

News & Features

Deaf Prisoners in Florida Face Abuse and Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

May 21, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/19/13]

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 19, 2013

News & Features

Federal Lawsuit Challenges Brutality in Solitary Confinement Unit at North Carolina Prison

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by Lisa Dawson

May 18, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “Extradition”

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by Voices from Solitary

May 13, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/12/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

May 12, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Growing Old in Isolation

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by Voices from Solitary

May 8, 2013

News & Features

The Art of Activism: Closing Tamms Supermax

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 6, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/4/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

May 4, 2013

News & Features

The Ten Worst Prisons in America

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 2, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “You Are Solitary Confinement”

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by Voices from Solitary

May 1, 2013

News & Features

Russell Maroon Shoatz: Resisting the “Spiritual Death” of Solitary Confinement

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

April 28, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4.27.13]

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by Lisa Dawson

April 27, 2013

News & Features

Judge Refuses to Dismiss Federal Supermax Lawsuits

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 25, 2013

News & Features

New Video: Dr. Terry Kupers on Solitary Confinement and Mental Health

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by Lisa Dawson

April 24, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4.20.13]

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by Jean Casella

April 20, 2013

News & Features

To See or Not to See: Capturing Herman Wallace’s 41 Years in Solitary

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

April 17, 2013

News & Features

Twenty Years After the Lucasville Uprising, Trying to Tell the Story

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

April 16, 2013

News & Features

Opposing the Architecture of Isolation: Architects Against Solitary Confinement

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

April 15, 2013

News & Features

Obama’s 2014 Budget Confirms Plans for “ADX Thomson,” New Federal Supermax Prison

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 13, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4.12.13]

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by Lisa Dawson

April 12, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: The Louder My Voice the Deeper They Bury Me

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by Lisa Dawson

April 11, 2013

News & Features

Buried Alive: Solitary Confinement in Immigrant Detention

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

April 10, 2013

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