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This week’s pick of news and commentary about solitary confinement: In a 42-9 vote, the New York City Council voted to override Mayor Eric Adam’s vetoes of legislation banning solitary confinement. The new legislation requires all people incarcerated in New York City jails to have a minimum of 14-hours out if cell time in a […]

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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

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