Solitary Confinement Archives

Solitary Confinement

New this week from Solitary Watch: In the latest piece from the Ridgeway Reporting Project, Nicholas Brooks, a writer currently incarcerated at Green Haven Correctional Facility in New York, examines forced prison labor within the state’s Department of Corrections and across the United States. While incarcerated at Sullivan Correctional Facility, Brooks worked in the prison’s […]

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Solitary Confinement

Trump Plans to Restore Alcatraz…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Trump DOJ Cuts Funding for Prison Rape Prevention and Survivors…and Other News on Solitary Confinement this Week

Pope Francis Condemned Solitary Confinement as Torture…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Voices from Solitary: Imagine This

Trump’s New Director of Federal Prisons Brings a Horrific Record on Prison Conditions…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

LA County Settles $4 Billion Sexual Abuse Lawsuit for Juvenile Detention Victims… and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Surviving Solitary

Virginia Governor Vetoes Solitary Reform Bill…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Voices from Solitary: Moving Day

The Harsh Reality of Being a Prison Journalist…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

I Was an Incarcerated Nursing Assistant During Covid. This Is What I Saw.

Federal Judge Allows Detention and Torture of Migrants at Guantanamo…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Documentary “The Strike” Reveals the Humanity of People in Solitary Confinement—and the Possibility of Change

Women in Solitary Speak Out on Sexual Abuse by Staff…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

The Echo of Isolation: Women in Solitary Confinement in America, Past and Present

New York Suspends Solitary Reforms in Deal to End Prison Strike…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

New York Corrections Officers’ Wildcat Strike Targets Law Limiting Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

New High-Security Unit on Rikers May Violate Solitary Confinement Law…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

ACLU Sues ICE for Transparency on Solitary Confinement Rules…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

New Fact Sheet on Solitary Confinement in Immigration Detention Warns of Growth Under Trump

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Trump Order Will Force Transgender Women to Be Housed in Men’s Prisons…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Voices From Solitary: Dispatches from Unit 29 at Parchman Prison

Virginia Prison Considered Charging Men Who Burned Themselves to Protest Conditions…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Illinois Legislature Passes Bill to Increase Transparency on Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

In Texas Prisons, Digital Mail Further Isolates Those in Solitary Confinement

Pattern of Beatings and Solitary Preceded Deadly New York Prison Assault…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Santa Was in Solitary and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

Unlocking Hidden Stories of Torture Behind Bars