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transgender in prison

This week’s pick of news and commentary about solitary confinement: Toyia Dockery, a transgender woman in North Carolina, faced an inescapable dilemma while incarcerated: risk assault from officers and other incarcerated people, or face solitary confinement disguised as protection. Dockery, who is housed in a men’s prison in like most other incarcerated trans women, is ten […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Black Transgender Women Face Isolation and Abuse in North Carolina Prisons…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Lizzie Twardock

April 22, 2026

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Punished for Disabilities: Minnesota Schoolchildren Held in Isolation…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sheila Hodges

March 4, 2026

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Solitary Linked to Epidemic of Prison Suicides… and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Isadora Evers

July 16, 2025

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Trump DOJ Cuts Funding for Prison Rape Prevention and Survivors…and Other News on Solitary Confinement this Week

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by Kilhah St Fort

April 30, 2025

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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

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People in Solitary in Texas Are Banned from Reading the Book They Wrote…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

October 16, 2024

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Transgender Voices from Prison Describe Abuse and Isolation…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

June 12, 2024

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Ninety Percent of Incarcerated Transgender People Report Experiencing Solitary Confinement…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

April 10, 2024

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Deaf People Face “Pervasive Mistreatment” in Las Vegas Jail…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

January 17, 2024

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Report Documents the Solitary Confinement Crisis in Texas Prisons…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

December 15, 2023

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U.S. Prison Deaths Increased by 77% in Covid-19 Pandemic…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week  

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by Sara Vogel

December 7, 2023

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The Conservative Case Against Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

November 22, 2023

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Supreme Court Rejects Appeal of Man Held in Solitary for Years Without Exercise…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

November 15, 2023

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Seven Days in Solitary [3/30/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

March 30, 2022

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