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• • • Today, at least a dozen men incarcerated at Nevada’s Ely State Prison entered the 14th day of a hunger strike protesting “the continued and extended use of solitary confinement.” They are not the first to take a courageous and desperate stand against solitary confinement using the only means available to them, and […]

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The Word: What Will It Take to End Torture in U.S. Prisons?

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

Be a Lifeline for People in Solitary Confinement

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

Give Thanks for Being with Loved Ones—and Fight for Those Who Can’t

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

NewsMatch is Back! Donations TRIPLED in November

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

New Report from Solitary Watch Finds More Than 122,000 People in Solitary Confinement in the United States

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

Hunger Strike in a Massachusetts Prison Targets Isolation and Abuse…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

“Alternatives” to Solitary in New Jersey Prisons Fail to Reflect Reform Law…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Solitary Confinement Punishes Vulnerable People Inside a San Mateo County Jail

Proposed “Emergency” Regulations Double Down on Solitary Use in California…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Lawsuit Exposes “Unconstitutional, Torturous” Conditions in a Pennsylvania Prison Unit… and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Prison Journalists Report at Their Own Risk…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Seventeenth-Century Supermax: The Origins of Solitary Confinement

No Decrease in Solitary Use in Federal Prisons…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Will Court and Legislative Delays Threaten California’s Solitary Confinement Limits?

Texas Prisons on Statewide Lockdown…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Voices from Solitary: Freedom of Movement

A Moment of Reckoning for Solitary Confinement in California…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

The Puppy Protection Act and the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act

New Fact Sheet Confirms the Key Role of Prison Oversight in Ending Solitary Confinement

New Fact Sheet Reveals the Collateral Consequences of Solitary Confinement