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Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ)

This story is co-published with The Appeal. Alton Rodgers’s cellmate beat him repeatedly for a month before he died. On at least five occasions, Rodgers’s cellmate allegedly smashed Rodgers’s head against the concrete floor, walls, and other objects. According to the lawsuit that Rodgers’s family filed against the prison system, Rodgers, who was 6’3”, had […]

News & Features

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

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by Jeremy Busby

March 31, 2025

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: The Toll Isolation Takes

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by Voices from Solitary

February 21, 2025

Seven Days in Solitary

People in Solitary in Texas Are Banned from Reading the Book They Wrote…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

October 16, 2024

Seven Days in Solitary

Ninety Percent of Incarcerated Transgender People Report Experiencing Solitary Confinement…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

April 10, 2024

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/28/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 28, 2020

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“I Hope Our Daughters Will Not Be Punished”

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

July 17, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/11/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

May 11, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/27/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 27, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/21/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 21, 2019

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Living on Death Watch

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by Voices from Solitary

September 24, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/15/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

April 15, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/16/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 16, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/7/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 7, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/29/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

April 29, 2018

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