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New this week from Solitary Watch: The gifted and prolific incarcerated writer Tony D. Vick has served 28 years in prison in Tennessee, three of them in solitary confinement. In a new essay in our ongoing series Voices from Solitary, Vick reflects on the time he spent in solitary, the lingering effects of isolation, and […]

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Texas

DOJ Launches Civil Rights Investigation of Two Deadly South Carolina Jails…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

No Decrease in Solitary Use in Federal Prisons…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Texas Prisons on Statewide Lockdown…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

What It’s Like to Be in Solitary If You Can’t Read…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Washington Post Renounces “Double-Celled Solitary” and “Suicide Watch”…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Report Reveals Rampant Abuse in Federal Prison’s Solitary Unit… and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Solitary in Texas Is “a Slaughterhouse for Souls”…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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