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Seven Days in Solitary

Solitary Confinement

Report Exposes Torture at Florida Immigration Detention Facilities…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

You Can Be a Lifeline to People in Solitary Confinement

Horrific Abuse in New York’s Prisons Predates Law Limiting Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Mine Was a Voice in the Void. Solitary Watch Listened.

Prison Overcrowding and “Understaffing” Spur Rise in Use of Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

The “Soul-Crushing Loneliness” of Solitary Confinement

NY Prisons Seek to Weaken Law Limiting Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

NewsMatch 2025: Meet This Moment with a Doubled Donation!

The High Cost of Solitary Confinement: New Fact Sheet Reveals the Economic Toll, from Construction to Incarceration and Beyond

Pregnant Women in ICE Detention Face Isolation, Shackling, and Medical Neglect…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Ending Solitary Confinement Will Save Minds and Lives

The Shape-Shifting Face of Solitary Confinement: A Prison Hospital’s Dark Truth

Solitary Rates in ICE Detention Skyrocket Under Trump…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

ICE Reopens Prisons and Detention Centers Previously Closed Due to Abuse and Neglect…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Voices from Solitary: An Elusive Victory

ICE Detainees Deported to El Salvador Report Dark Isolation Cells, Beatings, and Rape… and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

New Fact Sheet on Solitary Confinement and Prison Activism Documents How Incarcerated People Are Punished for Defending Their Rights

Joe Rogan Left “Speechless” by Survivor’s Account of Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Hunger Strikes Expose Brutal Conditions at Two State Prisons…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Voices from Solitary: Inside the Hole

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

How Solitary Confinement Kills

Trump’s Policies Throw Lives of Incarcerated People into Chaos…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Lockdowns, Violence, and “Barbaric Conditions” in a Brooklyn Federal Jail Known for Its Famous Detainees

Beyond The Rainbow: Remembering Our Most Forgotten

Hunger Strike in California Prisons Protests New Restrictions…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

After Decades in Solitary, a Sliver of Light

Corrections Leaders Say Solitary Does Not Make Prisons Safer…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Immigrants Detained Nationwide Face Isolation and Squalor…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week