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Torture

The following piece is co-published with Ms. Magazine. In this powerful mother-daughter exchange, Summer Knight and Kwaneta Harris reveal how nearly a decade of forced silence through solitary confinement shattered their bond—and how they’re fighting to rebuild it, piece by piece. Summer I was only four months old when my mama got arrested. That’s what […]

News & Features

“Mama’s in the Hole”

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by Summer Knight and Kwaneta Harris

May 9, 2025

News & Features

Witnessing the Solitary-to-Cemetery Pipeline

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by Kwaneta Harris

April 25, 2025

Seven Days in Solitary

Pope Francis Condemned Solitary Confinement as Torture…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Djamilah Diabate

April 23, 2025

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Imagine This

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by Voices from Solitary

April 17, 2025

Seven Days in Solitary

Trump’s New Director of Federal Prisons Brings a Horrific Record on Prison Conditions…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Francisco Rodriguez

April 16, 2025

News & Features

When Freedom Still Feels Like Prison

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by Sania Tildon

April 4, 2025

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Surviving Solitary

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by Sania Tildon

April 4, 2025

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

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by Jeremy Busby

March 31, 2025

News & Features Ridgeway Reporting Project

I Was an Incarcerated Nursing Assistant During Covid. This Is What I Saw.

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by Abraham Santiago

March 20, 2025

Seven Days in Solitary

Federal Judge Allows Detention and Torture of Migrants at Guantanamo…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Francisco Rodriguez

March 19, 2025

News & Features

The Echo of Isolation: Women in Solitary Confinement in America, Past and Present

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by Kwaneta Harris

March 11, 2025

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: My Darkest Night in Solitary Gave Me the Strength to Fight Back 

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by Voices from Solitary

March 6, 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

New High-Security Unit on Rikers May Violate Solitary Confinement Law…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Francisco Rodriguez

February 19, 2025

News & Features

23:59

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by Kwaneta Harris

February 4, 2025

Voices from Solitary

Voices From Solitary: Dispatches from Unit 29 at Parchman Prison

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by Voices from Solitary

January 20, 2025

Seven Days in Solitary

Virginia Prison Considered Charging Men Who Burned Themselves to Protest Conditions…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Francisco Rodriguez

January 16, 2025

Seven Days in Solitary

Pattern of Beatings and Solitary Preceded Deadly New York Prison Assault…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Francisco Rodriguez

January 2, 2025

Seven Days in Solitary

Men Were Held in “the Hole” Without Light or Heat in a Pennsylvania Prison…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Kilhah St Fort

December 26, 2024

Announcements

Unlocking Hidden Stories of Torture Behind Bars

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by Juan Moreno Haines

December 23, 2024

Announcements

You Can Help End Torture in U.S. Prisons

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by Jean Casella and Juan Moreno Haines

December 13, 2024

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Polluted Waters

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by Voices from Solitary

December 6, 2024

Seven Days in Solitary

Incarcerated People Are Forced to Do Dangerous Hurricane Cleanup Work…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Francisco Rodriguez

October 23, 2024

Seven Days in Solitary

People with Mental Illness on Rikers Locked in Solitary and Denied Treatment…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Francisco Rodriguez

October 9, 2024

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: A Slow Drift Into the Abyss

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by Voices from Solitary

October 7, 2024

Seven Days in Solitary

Illinois Lawmakers Advocate for Limits on Solitary Confinement…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Francisco Rodriguez

September 25, 2024

Seven Days in Solitary

Lawsuit Accuses New York Prisons of Illegally Putting Disabled People in Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Phoebe Holman

May 15, 2024

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Not Captured on Camera

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by Voices from Solitary

April 3, 2024

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Stillness Is My Nemesis

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by Voices from Solitary

March 21, 2024

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