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solitary sw reports covid 19 and solitary sw reports louisiana on lockdown sw book hell is a very small place with reading guide resources for action projects solitary confinement reporting grants the ridgeway reporting project lifelines to solitary photo requests from solitary subscribe donate search close close view shining light into the darkest corners of the u s punishment system solitary watch filters filters close close view close news features voices from solitary seven days in solitary projects latest news features seven days in solitary suicidal ice detainees routinely put in solitary read story arrow pointing right by natalie villanueva october 7 2026 new this week from solitary watch this month s edition of the word from solitary watch a series of dispatches from solitary watch staff and contributors is a collaboration between kwaneta harris a senior writer and editor with solitary watch and valerie kiebala solitary watch s managing editor the piece describes their first in person visit which occurred news features the word the things they quietly steal from us and the things they can t read story arrow pointing right by kwaneta harris and valerie kiebala october 5 2026 this commentary is the latest in the word from solitary watch our series of dispatches by solitary watch staff and contributors this month s edition of the word is a collaboration between kwaneta harris a senior writer and editor with solitary watch and valerie kiebala solitary watch s managing editor this piece describes their first in person visit seven days in solitary kids endure neglect abuse and self harm during lockdown at texas youth prisons read story arrow pointing right by mika kenney september 30 2026 new this week from solitary watch in a piece originally published in the progressive and supported by the ridgeway reporting project incarcerated journalist kevin light roth explores the impact of solitary confinement on the loved ones of incarcerated people powerless to intervene they are forced to watch their loved ones freefall into mental health crises and news features ridgeway reporting project getting out of the hole read story arrow pointing right by kevin light roth september 29 2026 the following article was written by incarcerated journalist kevin light roth with support from the ridgeway reporting project managed by solitary watch with funding from the jacob and valeria langeloth foundation and the vital projects fund the article was originally published in the progressive micaela romero can clearly seven days in solitary florida jails people with mental illness in solitary for months pre trial read story arrow pointing right by mira nalbandian september 23 2026 new this week from solitary watch tomorrow october 24 at 1 pm et solitary watch will host investigating solitary confinement the second in a series of roundtables by journalists and for journalists the one hour roundtable will include a moderated discussion with three exceptional panelists an open discussion among attendees about the challenges faced and strategies sign up for our weekly wrap ups no spam ever get a weekly round up of solitary in the news a meticulously curated set of news summaries and links for the full read plus our latest original reporting and from time to time a check in with what we re thinking about we promise signing up won t ruin your inbox and we ll never ever sell your data subscribe now announcements solitary confinement reporting grants seven journalism grants awarded for reporting on solitary confinement read story arrow pointing right by jean casella september 18 2026 for immediate release september 18 2026contact jean casella jcasella solitarywatch org 917 974 0529 washington dc solitary watch today announced the first group of recipients to receive support through a new solitary confinement reporting grants program the grants program which is funded by the jacob and valeria langeloth foundation the navigation fund and the vital projects fund will support seven days in solitary christa pike faces execution in tennessee after 30 years in solitary read story arrow pointing right by natalie villanueva september 16 2026 new this week from solitary watch the latest piece supported by solitary watch features the stories of rahkeem brown and jayquan griffin two men incarcerated in new york suspected of ingesting contraband and forced to spend days in isolation while providing officers stool samples these special watch cells known among incarcerated people as shit rooms are news features solitary confinement reporting grants losing my mind new york prisons are holding people in shit rooms with no running water read story arrow pointing right by chris gelardi and raina lipsitz september 14 2026 this article was written with the support of a solitary confinement reporting grant from solitary watch it was originally published by new york focus in late may guards at green haven correctional facility in dutchess county locked rahkeem brown in a room in the prison s medical unit the room had a mattress news features when silence becomes a weapon read story arrow pointing right by kwaneta harris september 10 2026 women have been disappearing into america s darkest rooms since long before anyone had the courage to call it torture as legal journalist jessica pishko traced in her history of women s prisons the earliest institutions built to house women weren t designed around rehabilitation or even punishment in any coherent sense they were designed around control shaped seven days in solitary women in solitary face the everyday violence of strip searches by male guards read story arrow pointing right by mika kenney september 10 2026 new this week from solitary watch the lifelines to solitary 2026 match has successfully wrapped up donors old and new stepped up to the challenge and we reached our goal of 25 000 which will be doubled thanks to a very generous matching grant to all the supporters donors friends and family who helped make it happen news features proponents of solitary confinement attempt to stifle reform read story arrow pointing right by katie rose quandt september 8 2026 this article originally appeared in the american prospect where it was published with support from solitary watch when jerome wright hears from people incarcerated in new york prisons they describe a system in crisis i can tell you unequivocally from people in maximum medium every type of security they have in there that the system groundbreaking work by incarcerated journalists the ridgeway reporting project how to survive supermax read story arrow pointing right inside the underground economy of solitary confinement read story arrow pointing right digging our way out of the hole keeping prisons safe without solitary confinement read story arrow pointing right seven days in solitary gravely ill man died alone in oklahoma jail after being ignored ridiculed and tormented read story arrow pointing right by kylie price september 2 2026 new this week from solitary watch this is the third week of our lifelines to solitary 2026 match we are lucky and thrilled to be able to highlight the work we do connecting people in solitary with people outside our latest discussions have reinforced the understanding that being along that loneliness has degrees and depths that no person announcements lifelines to solitary projects you don t know me but i get the mail for lifelines to solitary read story arrow pointing right by lizzie twardock september 2 2026 in our third week of the lifelines to solitary 2026 match where every donation is doubled and we still need your help below is a word from lizzie who works at the center of the lifelines universe retrieving and forwarding the mail over and over and over we love her dedication her disposition and her ability to announcements lifelines to solitary the impact of mary s letters didn t end at my cell read story arrow pointing right by kwaneta harris august 27 2026 four and a half years ago a volunteer on the outside reached out to an incarcerated woman being held in solitary kwaneta harris now a senior writer and editor at solitary watch the volunteer s only goal was to offer a window to the outside world as seen through her own life below kwaneta shares the various seven days in solitary transgender immigrants face isolation and abuse in ice detention and other news on solitary confinement this week read story arrow pointing right by rachael dziaba august 26 2026 new this week from solitary watch in this month s installment of the word from solitary watch lifelines to solitary project manager marlies talay describes the significance of letter writing for people held in solitary talay explains how solitary confinement strips away incarcerated people s sense of and control over time and with it their sense of self announcements lifelines to solitary projects solitary stops time i run the program that s fighting back read story arrow pointing right by marlies talay august 25 2026 a few days ago i wrote about what it means to experience time in solitary confinement or more accurately what it means when your sense of time is taken away there s one thing i ve found that has the power to make a difference for people in solitary so much of life becomes waiting without any sense lifelines to solitary news features the word the radical humanity of prison correspondence read story arrow pointing right by marlies talay august 21 2026 prison is a strange place a very lonely place my experience is it s a place designed to make people locked in it incommunicado surely being able to correspond with someone would brighten my days letter from someone in long term isolation in green haven correctional facility new york in life outside of prison time is a help expose the hidden world of solitary confinement accurate information and authentic storytelling can serve as powerful antidotes to ignorance and injustice we have helped generate public awareness mainstream media attention and informed policymaking on what was once an invisible domestic human rights crisis only with your support can we continue this groundbreaking work shining light into the darkest corners of the u s criminal punishment system donate now voices from solitary voices from solitary the solace i found in mail read story arrow pointing right by voices from solitary august 20 2026 karl chujoy originally wrote this piece for solitary watch nearly ten years ago when he was enduring three years in solitary confinement in the special housing unit shu of elmira correctional facility in upstate new york for possessing a laptop computer we are republishing it now as we begin a campaign to support our lifelines seven days in solitary three decades of consistent torture on ohio s death row and other news on solitary confinement this week read story arrow pointing right by kylie price august 19 2026 new this week from solitary watch our program that connects people in solitary confinement with someone to write to received a major boost last week solitary watch received a 25 000 matching grant for funds raised in support of our lifelines to solitary pen pal program we currently manage more than 500 pairs of pen pals announcements lifelines to solitary all donations to our pen pal program are doubled give a person in solitary someone to write to read story arrow pointing right by jean casella august 18 2026 something kind of amazing happened at solitary watch last week you may know about our pen pal program for people in solitary confinement people who often live without any contact or connection to the outside world it gives these people a person to write to a person who will always write back and it s called lifelines to solitary seven days in solitary incarcerated blm activist transferred after organizing against solitary and other news on solitary confinement this week read story arrow pointing right by rachael dziaba august 12 2026 new this week from solitary watch award winning incarcerated journalist kevin d sawyer supported by solitary watch s ridgeway reporting project recently published an article examining what happens to people who received a seven years to life sentence decades ago under an old california law known as 7 ups nearly 200 people across the state are incarcerated indefinitely california has one news features ridgeway reporting project the elderly 7 ups enduring indefinite incarceration read story arrow pointing right by kevin sawyer august 7 2026 the award winning incarcerated journalist kevin d sawyer wrote the following article with support from the ridgeway reporting project managed by solitary watch with funding from the jacob and valeria langeloth foundation and the vital projects fund the article was originally published in inquest in 1978 steven douglas seven days in solitary new ice numbers show widespread abuse of solitary and other news on solitary confinement this week read story arrow pointing right by rachael dziaba august 5 2026 new this week from solitary watch cinquan umar muhammad and wallace shubaka kirby won second and third place respectively in the inaugural voices beyond the walls writing contest presented by the national religious campaign against torture s national network of solitary survivors in collaboration with solitary watch muhammad a justice impacted writer and advocate from washington d c voices from solitary letters on lockdown read story arrow pointing right by wallace shubaka kirby august 4 2026 the following piece written by wallace shubaka kirby was one of the winners in the inaugural voices beyond the walls writing contest presented by the national religious campaign against torture s national network of solitary survivors in collaboration with solitary watch the other two winners were published here and the second place winner here as nrcat notes the contest news features our prisons ourselves how norway treats its most reviled citizen read story arrow pointing right by jean casella august 2 2026 this commentary was originally published by the nation anders behring breivik the far right terrorist and mass murderer who is surely the most reviled man in norway lives in a two story suite with a kitchen where he can cook his own meals a pleasant outdoor yard and a tv room with armchairs xbox and scenic photos on the voices from solitary the room that tried to unmake me read story arrow pointing right by cinquan umar muhammad july 31 2026 the following piece written by cinquan umar muhammad was one of the winners in the inaugural voices beyond the walls writing contest presented by the national religious campaign against torture s national network of solitary survivors in collaboration with solitary watch the other two winners were published here and here as nrcat notes the contest aims previous 1 select page page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 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