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This commentary is the latest in The Word from Solitary Watch, our series of dispatches by Solitary Watch staff and contributors. • Donald Trump’s second term, with its abundance of authoritarian words and deeds, has also popularized numerous recastings of Pastor Martin Niemöller’s famous poem about the Nazi’s, “First They Came.” One of them goes […]

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First They Came for the Prison Journalists…

Seven Incarcerated Journalists Awarded Grants to Report on Solitary Confinement

Light in the Dark: For Incarcerated Writers, Every Day Should Be World Storytelling Day

Incarcerated Immigrant Chooses U.S. Prison Over Deportation to a “Virtual Death Sentence”…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

The Weight of Watching: How Prisons Turn Traumatized Women Into Unpaid Crisis Workers

The Other ICE Killings: Since Trump Took Office, More Than 20 People Have Died in ICE Custody

Texas Places Woman in Solitary for Prison Cat Fundraiser…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

5 Stories We Were Able to Tell in 2025 Thanks to You

LGBTQ+ People in Solitary Confinement: New Fact Sheet Outlines Disproportionate, Malicious Use on an Already At-Risk Population

BREAKING: We Have a Triple Match!!

Youth Face Prolonged Isolation in Connecticut’s Adult Prisons…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

5 Reasons to Show Your Support for Solitary Watch Before the Year Ends

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