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This commentary is the latest in “The Word from Solitary Watch,” our series of dispatches by Solitary Watch staff and contributors. • As the United States prepares to choose its next president, I am toiling through my 28th year of incarceration. It is with Election Day fast approaching that I consider the famous 1852 speech […]

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What, to the Incarcerated American, Is Your Election Day?

U.S. DOJ Statement Challenges Placing Children in Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Incarcerated People Are Forced to Do Dangerous Hurricane Cleanup Work…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

In Texas Prisons, People with Mental Illness Are Held in Tiny Cages for Days on End

People in Solitary in Texas Are Banned from Reading the Book They Wrote…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

People with Mental Illness on Rikers Locked in Solitary and Denied Treatment…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

How New York’s Maximum-Security Women’s Prison Has Failed to HALT Solitary Confinement

Illinois Lawmakers Advocate for Limits on Solitary Confinement…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Corridors of Contagion: How the Pandemic Exposed the Cruelties of Incarceration

Immigrant Detainees in Pennsylvania Face Solitary, Racism, and Abuse…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Bill Permits Solitary Confinement of Pregnant People in California Prisons…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

New Fact Sheet on Women in Solitary Confinement

Solitary Persists in Washington Prisons Despite Promises to End It…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Tennessee Woman Forced to Give Birth Alone in Jail Cell Toilet…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Pregnant Women in Prison Face Abuse and Isolation…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Washington State Prisons Suppress Cultural Awareness Groups

NYC Mayor Issues “Emergency Order” to Block New Solitary Confinement Law…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Where Does Kamala Harris Stand on Ending Solitary?…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Congress Passes Federal Prisons Oversight Bill…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Men Held in Solitary in Massachusetts File Lawsuit Against “Oppressive Conditions”…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Most Immigrant Deaths in ICE Detention Were Preventable…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

New Fact Sheet on Children Held in Solitary Confinement

After 22 Years in a Solitary Cell, Nevada Man Fights to End the Torture…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Transgender Voices from Prison Describe Abuse and Isolation…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Hundreds of Doctors Urge Biden to End Solitary in ICE Facilities…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

The Hell Inside Hell: Solitary Confinement in Texas Hides the Sexual Abuse of Women and Girls

Refusing Forced Labor in Prisons Is Punished with Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Texas Prisons Are “Hell on Earth”…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Lawsuit Accuses New York Prisons of Illegally Putting Disabled People in Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week