July 2012 - Solitary Watch

The American Friends Service Committee has put out a new edition of the vital publication Survivors Manual: Surviving in Solitary — A Manual Written By and For People Living in Control Units. The volume is a collection of letters, stories, poetry, and practical advice on surviving solitary confinement in prisons. AFSC released the following announcement last week: Solitary confinement, characterized […]

News & Features

AFSC Releases “Survivors Manual” By and For Prisoners in Solitary Confinement

Washington Prisoner Subjected to Solitary Confinement for “Involuntary Protection”

Voices from Solitary: Surviving the “Prison Within a Prison”

New Audio: Is Solitary Confinement Torture?

New Video: “Solitary Confinement: The Season of Sorrow”

Suicide in Solitary: The Death of Alex Machado

Voices from Solitary: “A Sort of Solitary Psychosis”

Death in Pennsylvania Solitary Confinement Cell Raises Questions

Shutting Down a Supermax: An Interview With Alan Mills of the Uptown People’s Law Center

Voices from Solitary: Can’t You Hear Us?

“New York’s Black Sites”: New Article About Solitary Confinement in State Prisons

Demonstrators Protest Solitary Confinement and Brutality in New York City’s Jails

Voices from Solitary: “No Human Being Should Be Treated This Way”

Voices from Solitary: “Loneliness Is a Destroyer of Humanity”

Guantanamo “Is Not an Aberration”: How the War on Terror Came Home

Voices from Solitary: Washington Cell Extraction

One Year Anniversary of Pelican Bay Hunger Strike Against Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary: Isolated for Having a “Gang” Calendar