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New this week from Solitary Watch: In the latest, two-part installment of Voices from Solitary, incarcerated writer Jacob Barrett writes about his 30 years of incarceration, 21.5 of which he spent in solitary confinement. His piece examines how prolonged isolation combined with oppressive power structures within the prison system whittle away at people’s mental wellbeing […]

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Supermax Prisons

Detained Migrants Face Indefinite Solitary in Texas…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

New Mexico Sued for “Cruel and Unusual” Use of Prolonged Prison Isolation… and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Trump Plans to Restore Alcatraz…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Virginia Prison Considered Charging Men Who Burned Themselves to Protest Conditions…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Incarcerated People in Virginia Burn Themselves in Protest of Racial Abuse and Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Incarcerated Women Face Solitary for Reporting Sexual Abuse…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

Federal Court Allows Man to Sue Pennsylvania Over 26 Years in Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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

The Word: The Art of Changing Hearts and Minds on Solitary Confinement

Will Biden Step Up on Solitary Confinement?

Seven Days in Solitary [2/15/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/8/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/25/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/26/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/21/20]

Fourteen Days in Solitary [8/24/20]

Voices from Solitary: What Starts in ADX Stays in ADX

Seven Days in Solitary [5/11/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/4/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [4/20/20]

Fourteen Days in Solitary [3/30/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/24/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/27/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/30/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/16/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/11/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/30/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/2/19]