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New this week from Solitary Watch: In the latest, two-part installment of Voices from Solitary, incarcerated writer Jacob Barrett writes about his 30 years of incarceration, 21.5 of which he spent in solitary confinement. His piece examines how prolonged isolation combined with oppressive power structures within the prison system whittle away at people’s mental wellbeing […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Supermax Prisons

Detained Migrants Face Indefinite Solitary in Texas…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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

New Mexico Sued for “Cruel and Unusual” Use of Prolonged Prison Isolation… and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Virginia Prison Considered Charging Men Who Burned Themselves to Protest Conditions…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

Incarcerated Women Face Solitary for Reporting Sexual Abuse…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

People with Mental Illness on Rikers Locked in Solitary and Denied Treatment…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Federal Court Allows Man to Sue Pennsylvania Over 26 Years in Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Most Immigrant Deaths in ICE Detention Were Preventable…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

America’s Most Isolated Federal Prisoner Describes 10,220 Days in Extreme Solitary Confinement

Five Unforgettable Stories From Inside Solitary Confinement

The Word: The Art of Changing Hearts and Minds on Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary: Head Cases

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

Voices from Solitary: In My Demise (25 Years and Counting)

Will Revamped Prison Regulations Reduce Solitary Confinement in California?

American Outcasts: U.S. Prisons and Modern Day Banishment

Pope Francis Denounces Solitary Confinement, Calls for Prison Conditions That “Respect Human Dignity”

Voices from Solitary: “It Has Zapped Me Of My Personality”

Prisoner at Corcoran State Prison Commits Suicide in Solitary

Hunger Strike in the Supermax: Pelican Bay Prisoners Protest Conditions in Solitary Confinement

Maine Prison Whistleblower Exiled and Isolated

Solitary Confinement Cells Have Become America’s New Asylums

Will Biden Step Up on Solitary Confinement?

New Project: Photo Requests from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Coyote Calling

Voices from Solitary: Supermaxed Out in Colorado

Voices from Solitary: Kenneth E. Hartman on “The Other Death Penalty”

Voices from Solitary: Gang “Validation” and Permanent Isolation in California Prisons