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New this week from Solitary Watch: In the latest edition of Voices from Solitary, Malika Henderson, an incarcerated abolitionist from North Philadelphia, writes about the devastating isolation, undernutrition, and dehumanization she experienced in solitary confinement at SCI Muncy. Henderson is the lead plaintiff in the groundbreaking class action lawsuit, Hammod vs. PADOC, challenging the constitutionality […]

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

On Rikers Island, People with Mental Illness Are “Deadlocked” in Cells for Months…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Incarcerated Writer Held in Solitary in Texas…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Incarcerated People in Virginia Burn Themselves in Protest of Racial Abuse and Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Tennessee Woman Forced to Give Birth Alone in Jail Cell Toilet…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Pregnant Women in Prison Face Abuse and Isolation…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Where Does Kamala Harris Stand on Ending Solitary?…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Refusing Forced Labor in Prisons Is Punished with Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing on Solitary Confinement…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

Nebraska Holds Children in Prolonged Solitary in Defiance of State Law…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

New York City Council Moves to Ban Solitary on Rikers…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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

DOJ Launches Civil Rights Investigation of Two Deadly South Carolina Jails…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

Lawsuit Exposes “Unconstitutional, Torturous” Conditions in a Pennsylvania Prison Unit… and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

One Prison Strike Ends; Another May Begin…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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