Skip to content
SW logo
MENU
  • About
    • About Solitary Watch
    • Staff & Advisors
    • Internships & Volunteer Opportunities
    • Support SW
    • Contact
  • Resources
    • Solitary Confinement in the U.S.: The Facts (English, Spanish & French)
    • SW Fact Sheets
    • SW in Other Media Outlets
    • SW Reports: Calculating Torture: 2023 Count of People in Solitary
    • SW Reports: COVID-19 and Solitary
    • SW Reports: Louisiana On Lockdown
    • SW Book: Hell Is A Very Small Place (with Reading Guide)
    • Resources For Action
  • Projects
    • The Ridgeway Reporting Project
    • Lifelines to Solitary
    • Photo Requests From Solitary
  • Subscribe
  • Donate

Solitary Watch

Filters
  • News & Features
  • Voices from Solitary
  • Seven Days in Solitary
  • Projects

Solitary Confinement

This post has become a Christmas tradition at Solitary Watch. To all our readers, warm wishes for the holidays. Special thanks to those who have helped us bring a small ray of light into the darkness of solitary confinement by supporting our Lifelines to Solitary project. .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  […]

News & Features

Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 23, 2013

News & Features

Solitary Confinement: Too Controversial for Costco

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

December 13, 2013

News & Features

Activists Urge U.S. Government to Grant UN Torture Expert Access to New York’s Prisons

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by Marlies Talay

December 9, 2013

News & Features

New Report Criticizes Use of Solitary Confinement in New Mexico Prisons and Jails

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by Lisa Dawson

November 9, 2013

News & Features

Records Show Excessive Use of Force at Colorado Supermax

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by Lisa Dawson

June 15, 2013

News & Features

In States That “Reduce” Their Use of Solitary Confinement, Suffering Continues for Those Left Behind

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

November 13, 2013

News & Features

Lawsuit Filed Against Solitary Confinement of 800 “Seriously Mentally Ill” in Pennsylvania

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by Sal Rodriguez

March 18, 2013

News & Features

Judge Rules California Solitary Confinement Lawsuit Should Have Its Day in Court

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by Sal Rodriguez

March 19, 2013

News & Features

Buried Alive: Solitary Confinement in Immigrant Detention

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by Solitary Watch Guest Author

April 10, 2013

News & Features

Judge Refuses to Dismiss Federal Supermax Lawsuits

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 25, 2013

News & Features

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

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by Lisa Dawson

May 18, 2013

News & Features

Measure to Limit Solitary Confinement Advances in Senate Immigration Bill

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by Rachel M. Cohen

May 29, 2013

News & Features

GAO Report Questions Widespread Use of Solitary Confinement in Federal Prisons

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 1, 2013

News & Features

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

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by Cat Guzman and Jean Casella

June 7, 2013

News & Features

California Prisoners Launch New Hunger Strike to Protest Solitary Confinement

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by Sal Rodriguez

July 8, 2013

News & Features

As 30,000 Join California Prison Hunger Strike, Corrections Officials Issue Guidelines on Starvation

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by Sal Rodriguez

July 9, 2013

News & Features

California Prison Officials Retaliating Against Hunger Strikers

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by Sal Rodriguez

July 19, 2013

News & Features

Why Holder’s Pledge That Snowden “Will Not Be Tortured” Is a Lie

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 29, 2013

News & Features

30 Days of Hunger Striking, California Prisons Chief Insists It’s “Gang Power Play”

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by Sal Rodriguez

August 6, 2013

News & Features

Pat Nolan’s Evangelical Prison Reform

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by James Ridgeway

August 8, 2013

News & Features

Day 36 of California Hunger Strike: Hundreds Still Protesting Isolation Policies

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by Sal Rodriguez

August 12, 2013

News & Features

Day 39 of California Prison Hunger Strike: Governor Jerry Brown Remains Silent

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by Sal Rodriguez

August 15, 2013

News & Features

California Prison Hunger Strikers to Be Force-Fed

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 19, 2013

News & Features

California Prison Hunger Strike Ends After 60 Days

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by Sal Rodriguez

September 5, 2013

News & Features

New Directive May Curtail Use of Solitary Confinement in Immigrant Detention

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 9, 2013

News & Features

Oversight in British Prisons: A Model for the U.S.?

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

October 14, 2013

News & Features

One Month After Historic Hunger Strike, California Lawmakers Hold Hearings on Solitary Confinement

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by Solitary Watch Guest Author

October 22, 2013

News & Features

Reports Condemn Solitary Confinement in New York City’s Jails, As Officials Weigh Its Future

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by Marlies Talay

November 6, 2013

News & Features

The Use of Isolation in U.S. Prisons: A Human Rights Issue

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by Solitary Watch Guest Author

August 8, 2013

Previous
  • 1
  • 45
Next

P.O. Box 11374
Washington, DC 20008

info@solitarywatch.org

Solitary Watch

  • Visit our facebook page
  • Visit our twitter page
  • Visit our instagram page
  • Visit our linkedin page
  • Visit our rss page

© Copyright 2025, Solitary Watch

Read about rights and permissions.

Creative Commons License