Seven Days in Solitary [10/6/13]
The following roundup features noteworthy news, reports and opinions on solitary confinement from the past week that have not been covered in other Solitary Watch posts. • This weeks news has been...
View ArticleUnder Fire, the Federal Bureau of Prisons Audits Its Use of Solitary...
Solitary confinement cells at ADX Florence, the federal supermax in Colorado. Amidst growing criticism of its abundant use solitary confinement, the federal Bureau of Prisons has quietly set in motion...
View ArticleSeven Days in Solitary [11/3/13]
The following roundup features noteworthy news, reports and opinions on solitary confinement from the past week that have not been covered in other Solitary Watch posts. • A comprehensive new report,...
View ArticleReports Condemn Solitary Confinement in New York City’s Jails, As Officials...
Two recent reports provide a scathing picture of how solitary confinement is employed as a routine disciplinary measure on Rikers Island and in other city jails. The reports are particularly critical...
View ArticleNew Report Criticizes Use of Solitary Confinement in New Mexico Prisons and...
Outdoor recreation area at a New Mexico correctional facility An important new report and accompanying press release issued by the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty (NMCLP) and the ACLU of New...
View ArticleSeven Days in Solitary [11/10/13]
The following roundup features noteworthy news, reports and opinions on solitary confinement from the past week that have not been covered in other Solitary Watch posts. • Lance Tapley of The Portland...
View ArticleIn States That “Reduce” Their Use of Solitary Confinement, Suffering...
A cell in the supermax unit at Maine State Prison. Photo by Lance Tapley. Under pressure from activists, lawsuits, and even a few reformers within the corrections system, several states have...
View ArticleSeven Days in Solitary [11/17/13]
The following roundup features noteworthy news, reports and opinions on solitary confinement from the past week that have not been covered in other Solitary Watch posts. • The ACLU reports on a...
View ArticleFederal Bureau of Prisons Details Plans for Limited “Audit” of Solitary...
A cell at ADX Florence federal supermax, where individuals may spend years or decades in extreme solitary confinement. Last week, representatives of six nonprofit organizations critical of solitary...
View ArticleSeven Days in Solitary [11/24/13]
The following roundup features noteworthy news, reports and opinions on solitary confinement from the past week that have not been covered in other Solitary Watch posts. • The new ACLU report A Living...
View ArticleWomen in Solitary Confinement: “The Isolation Degenerates Us Into Madness”
Central California Women’s Facility, where more than a hundred women are held in isolation. A mass prisoner hunger strike rocked California’s prison system this past summer, drawing international...
View ArticleSeven Days in Solitary [12/15/13]
The following roundup features noteworthy news, reports and opinions on solitary confinement from the past week that have not been covered in other Solitary Watch posts. • Alan Prendergast reports in...
View ArticleSeven Days in Solitary [12/22/13]
The following roundup features noteworthy news, reports and opinions on solitary confinement from the past week that have not been covered in other Solitary Watch posts. • Capital Public Radio reports...
View ArticleSeven Days in Solitary [12/29/13]
The following roundup features noteworthy news, reports and opinions on solitary confinement from the past week that have not been covered in other Solitary Watch posts. • The Denver Post publishes an...
View ArticleVoices from Solitary: “This Massive Mind-Fuck Machine”
Sean Swain is has served 22 years of a 20-to-life sentence for a murder he maintains was committed in self-defense. He has done many long stints in solitary confinement, and is currently being held at...
View ArticleMentally Ill in South Carolina’s Prisons Suffer Decades of Abuse and Neglect
Photo: South Carolina Department of Corrections, Trial Exhibit A court ruling out of South Carolina this week deserves the attention of anyone concerned with the use of solitary confinement and other...
View ArticleSeven Days in Solitary [1/12/13]
The following roundup features noteworthy news, reports and opinions on solitary confinement from the past week that have not been covered in other Solitary Watch posts. • The National Catholic...
View ArticleAs New York City Jails Amend Their Solitary Confinement Practices, Abuses on...
In early January the Wall Street Journal reported that the New York City Department of Correction (DOC) had ceased using solitary confinement as a form of punishment for people with mental illness. The...
View ArticleSeven Days in Solitary [1/19/13]
The following roundup features noteworthy news, reports and opinions on solitary confinement from the past week that have not been covered in other Solitary Watch posts. • An NPR report by Laura...
View ArticleSeven Days in Solitary [1/26/14]
The following roundup features noteworthy news, reports and opinions on solitary confinement from the past week that have not been covered in other Solitary Watch posts. • In early January, a South...
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