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“How can we subject prisoners to unnecessary solitary confinement, knowing its effects, and then expect them to return to our communities as whole people?” —Barack Obama addressing the need for solitary confinement reform in 2016. When I was senior editor for San Quentin News, it was rare to find articles in mainstream media outlets showing […]

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Washington

New Book Makes a Powerful Case for Ending Solitary Confinement

Seven Days in Solitary 8/10/22

Seven Days in Solitary [6/8/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/25/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [4/27/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [3/16/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [3/2/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/10/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/13/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/1/21]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/25/21]

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

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 [11/2/20]

Digging Our Way Out of the Hole: Keeping Prisons Safe Without Solitary Confinement

Seven Days in Solitary [9/14/20]

Voices from Solitary: Fighting the Coronavirus in Prison with Transfers, Isolation, Threats, and Game Boys

Fourteen Days in Solitary [8/24/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/27/20]

Fourteen Days in Solitary [7/6/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/15/20]

Voices from Solitary: Coronavirus Panic in a Quarantined Washington State Prison

Seven Days in Solitary [4/6/20]

Fourteen Days in Solitary [3/30/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [3/16/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/17/20]