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New From Solitary Watch: Katie Rose Quandt, Senior Contributing Writer for Solitary Watch, explores how the isolation of suicide watch in prisons and jails can exacerbate trauma and suffering, with sometimes fatal consequences. Quandt interviews a range of mental health experts and incarcerated individuals, including Anthony Gay, who was placed on suicide watch in an […]

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When Suicide Watch Becomes a Death Sentence…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Senators Introduce Bipartisan Federal Prison Oversight Bill…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Man With Schizophrenia Starves to Death in Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Federal Court Orders Arizona to End Its “Unconstitutional” Use of Solitary… and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

John Oliver Covers Solitary Confinement; Texas Lawmakers Seek to Undermine Independent Investigation of Jail Deaths…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Video Exposes Force Feeding at ADX Florence…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Pelican Bay Hunger Strike Leader Held in Solitary for Six More Years…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Staff Accused of Starting “Fight Club” at New Jersey Prison…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Use of Solitary in Federal Prisons Increases Under Biden… and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Men on Texas Death Row Sue to End Decades of “Cruel” Isolation…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

The Word: When Solitary Is Used to Silence

“Unrelenting” Solitary on Federal Death Row Alleged to Violate Constitution…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Federal Judge Orders Arizona to Fix Deadly Prison Conditions…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Hunger Strike Against Solitary in Texas Prisons…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Seven Days in Solitary [12/21/22]

Voices from Solitary: “I’m Ready to be Treated Like a Human Again”

Seven Days in Solitary [9/7/22]

Voices from Solitary: Books Are a Spark in the Dark

Seven Days in Solitary [8/31/22]

Voices from Solitary: “As Real As It Honestly and Truthfully Gets”

Seven Days in Solitary 8/10/22

Seven Days in Solitary [7/13/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/6/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/18/22]

Voices from Solitary: Living on Deathwatch

Seven Days in Solitary [5/11/22]

Seven Days In Solitary [4/20/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [4/6/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [3/23/22]