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The good people who support change in our highly unjust criminal justice system often see a sharp divide between prison abolition and prison reform. Some who are dedicated to ending mass incarceration have been known to ignore or spurn what are commonly known as “conditions issues” like solitary confinement, prison medical and mental health care, […]

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Torture

The Word: Dismantle Prisons or Improve Conditions? As Someone Inside, I Know We Must Do Both

Seven Days in Solitary [10/5/22]

The Word: Torture Before Trial

Seven Days in Solitary [8/24/22]

Voices from Solitary: An Open Letter from the Allegheny County Jail

Will Biden Step Up on Solitary Confinement?

The Truth Behind Dennis Hope’s Decades of Torture in Solitary Confinement

A Last Word on Solitary Confinement for 2021—and a Last Chance to Support Solitary Watch

Voices from Solitary: A Letter to Kalief Browder

What Will It Take to End Solitary Confinement?

“It’s Like a Slow War, Like a Slow Burn. Like a Slow, Quiet Form of Torture.”

Can Architects Help End Solitary Confinement?

Support the Future of Solitary Watch

Six Weeks in Solitary [4/5/21]

In New York, Few Resources for Solitary Confinement Survivors After Prison

Immigrant Detainees Went on Hunger Strike Against Intolerable Conditions and COVID Exposure. ICE Punished Them with Solitary Confinement.

Seven Days in Solitary [1/18/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/11/20]

Voices from Solitary: Flashes from Hell

Seven Days in Solitary [1/4/20]

Fourteen Days in Solitary [12/21/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/7/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/30/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/9/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/26/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/12/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/5/20]

Voices from Solitary: Flipping the Script

Seven Days in Solitary [9/28/20]