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Solitary Confinement

In her seventeen years incarcerated, Kwaneta Harris has spent the last eight years in solitary confinement in Texas state prison and is currently held at Lane Murray Unit. Her powerful and shocking stories expose how the intersections of gender, race, and place contribute to state-sanctioned, gender-based violence. As a mother and former nurse, she has […]

Voices from Solitary

Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary: Stillness Is My Nemesis

D.C. Department of Corrections Withholds Information on Use of Solitary in Jails…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

American Psychological Association Resolution Calls for Ban on Youth Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Voices from Solitary: At Attica, Hard Hearts and a Sliver of Hope

Black History in the United States Has Always Included Solitary Confinement

Federal Prisons Under Fire From Watchdogs Over Solitary, Suicides…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Report Shows Hundreds of Preventable Deaths in Federal Prisons…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

New Study Finds ICE Locks Thousands of Immigrants in Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

NY City Council Overrides Mayor’s Veto of Bill Banning Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Nebraska Holds Children in Prolonged Solitary in Defiance of State Law…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

NY Mayor Adams Vetoes Bill Banning Solitary in City Jails…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Voices from Solitary: You Have to Be There

Deaf People Face “Pervasive Mistreatment” in Las Vegas Jail…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Protests Against Long-Term Solitary Continue in Virginia…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Kids in Albuquerque Jail “Locked Down in Our Cells All Day Like a Animal in a Zoo”…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Negligence in New Jersey Prison Led to Death at Christmas…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Santa Was in Solitary and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

New York City Council Moves to Ban Solitary on Rikers…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Voices from Solitary: On Hunger Strike in a Pennsylvania Prison

Report Documents the Solitary Confinement Crisis in Texas Prisons…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

U.S. Prison Deaths Increased by 77% in Covid-19 Pandemic…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Bill to Reduce Solitary Confinement in Washington State Stalls, But Advocates Vow to Continue the Fight

U.S. Use of Solitary Defies International Treaty, UN Finds…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

The Conservative Case Against Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Incarcerated Journalist Juan Moreno Haines Named Editor-in-Chief of Solitary Watch

Supreme Court Rejects Appeal of Man Held in Solitary for Years Without Exercise…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

DOJ Launches Civil Rights Investigation of Two Deadly South Carolina Jails…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Voices from Solitary: I Need to Be Alone

Victims of Sexual Abuse by Prison Staff Face Additional Punishment…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week