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This week’s pick of news and commentary about solitary confinement: The cache of materials related to Jeffrey Epstein, released by the U.S. Department of Justice on January 30, includes video of the jail cell in which Epstein died on August 10, 2019. The video shows a fairly typical solitary confinement cell, located in the Metropolitan […]

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Exposing the “Real Scandal” Behind the Solitary Cell Where Epstein Died…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Death of ICE Detainee Restrained by Guards Is Ruled a Homicide…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

New Book Makes a Powerful Case for Ending Solitary Confinement

Texas Places Woman in Solitary for Prison Cat Fundraiser…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Voices from Solitary: Dread of Day, Terror by Night

Youth Face Prolonged Isolation in Connecticut’s Adult Prisons…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Pregnant Women in ICE Detention Face Isolation, Shackling, and Medical Neglect…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Trump Frees George Santos from Prison, Denounces His Solitary Confinement…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

The Shape-Shifting Face of Solitary Confinement: A Prison Hospital’s Dark Truth

Hunger Strikes Expose Brutal Conditions at Two State Prisons…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Trump’s Policies Throw Lives of Incarcerated People into Chaos…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Juneteenth to an Incarcerated American

Suicides in North Carolina Prisons Linked to Use of Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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

Migrants Face Inhumane Conditions, Abuse, and Solitary at El Paso ICE Facility…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

“Mama’s in the Hole”

Witnessing the Solitary-to-Cemetery Pipeline

Virginia Governor Vetoes Solitary Reform Bill…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

No Exit: Death and Despair in Texas’s “Double-Cell” Solitary Units

Federal Judge Allows Detention and Torture of Migrants at Guantanamo…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Voices from Solitary: The Toll Isolation Takes

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Illinois Legislature Passes Bill to Increase Transparency on Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

In Texas Prisons, Digital Mail Further Isolates Those in Solitary Confinement

Invisible Chains

Jailed Man Dies From Medical Neglect While in Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Incarcerated People Are Forced to Do Dangerous Hurricane Cleanup Work…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

In Texas Prisons, People with Mental Illness Are Held in Tiny Cages for Days on End

Solitary Persists in Washington Prisons Despite Promises to End It…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week