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This week’s pick of news and commentary about solitary confinement: Since 2022, at least seven incarcerated individuals known to have mental health challenges have died by suicide while in solitary confinement in North Carolina prisons. According to a 2021 study featured in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, those struggling with mental health issues are […]

Seven Days in Solitary

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Suicides in North Carolina Prisons Linked to Use of Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

When Freedom Still Feels Like Prison

Surviving Solitary

ACLU Sues ICE for Transparency on Solitary Confinement Rules…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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

Two Men Attempt Self-Immolation at Virginia State Prison…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Hundreds of Doctors Urge Biden to End Solitary in ICE Facilities…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Report Shows Hundreds of Preventable Deaths in Federal Prisons…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

NY Mayor Adams Vetoes Bill Banning Solitary in City Jails…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Protests Against Long-Term Solitary Continue in Virginia…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Kids in Albuquerque Jail “Locked Down in Our Cells All Day Like a Animal in a Zoo”…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

“Alternatives” to Solitary in New Jersey Prisons Fail to Reflect Reform Law…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

Man With Schizophrenia Starves to Death in Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Video Exposes Force Feeding at ADX Florence…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Abusive Federal “Double Solitary” Unit Closes…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

Federal Judge Orders Arizona to Fix Deadly Prison Conditions…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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