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• The Texas Observer published a piece telling the story of solitary confinement in Texas prisons, through various firsthand accounts from people who spent significant time in severe isolation. According to its own numbers, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) holds over 4,400 people in solitary, including 1,300 people held in isolation for six or […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/27/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 27, 2020

News & Features

A Watershed Year in the Movement to Stop Solitary Confinement

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

January 2, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/18/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 18, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/11/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 11, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/28/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 28, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/14/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 14, 2019

Ridgeway Reporting Project

14 Journalists Awarded Grants from the Solitary Confinement Reporting Project

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by Jean Casella

April 9, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/8/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

April 8, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/1/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

April 1, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/25/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

March 25, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/2/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 2, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/25/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 25, 2018

News & Features

Prisons Use Solitary Confinement to Silence Strikers Nationwide—But Their Voices Have Been Heard

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by Valerie Kiebala and Jean Casella

October 1, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/23/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 23, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/26/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

August 26, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/12/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

August 12, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/15/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

July 15, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/25/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

March 25, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/4/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

March 4, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/25/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 25, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/11/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 11, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/28/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 28, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/10/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 10, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Fourteen Days in Solitary [11/27/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

November 27, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/04/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

September 4, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/06/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

September 6, 2015

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/15/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

March 15, 2015

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/19/13]

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by Jean Casella

January 19, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “Suicide Is Preferable to Long-Term Segregation”

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by Voices from Solitary

March 21, 2013

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