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Yesterday, a three-week-long hunger strike by people in Texas prisons came to an end. The strikers were trying to draw attention to the use of solitary confinement in the state. At a time when there is a vigorous movement to end mass incarceration in the United States, it is worth remembering that imprisoned people who […]

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Torture

The Word: When Solitary Is Used to Silence

You Can Help End Torture in U.S. Prisons

The Word: What Will It Take to End Torture in U.S. Prisons?

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

Voices from Solitary: A Letter to Kalief Browder

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

Can Architects Help End Solitary Confinement?

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]