Solitary By Another Name: How New York Prisons Are Using ‘Therapeutic’ Units to Evade Reform New York’s landmark solitary confinement reform law created a new, “rehabilitative” type of isolation unit. State prisons aren’t on board with the changes. Chris Gelardi
‘Reborn Into A Strange New World’: A Trans Woman Prepares For Release After 18 Years In Men’s Prison An incarcerated writer reflects on what her "going home" story will look like when home no longer exists. Jessica Phoenix Sylvia
“It’s like a slow war, like a slow burn. Like a slow, quiet form of torture.” Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
A Virginia Prison Held A Man In Solitary Confinement For Over 600 Days Virginia’s Department of Corrections has recently settled two lawsuits over its use of solitary confinement—a practice lawmakers are moving closer to abolishing. Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
Advocates Hope New Momentum Around Racial Justice Will Accelerate New York’s Plans To Limit Solitary Confinement A year after state officials said they would take steps to overhaul solitary confinement rules, prisoners remain isolated in conditions that one says is akin to being ‘buried alive.’ Victoria Law
In the Middle of a Pandemic, Prisoners at San Quentin Are Punished for Being Sick Prisoners are reluctant to report when they’re feeling sick, because they know they’ll be sent to solitary confinement. Juan Moreno Haines
As Use of Solitary Confinement Surges, Advocates Call for Releasing Prisoners Legal, medical, and religious groups warn in a new report that the widespread use of solitary confinement in response to COVID-19 risks spreading the disease further and undoing a decade of progress. Joshua Manson
Still in Solitary Five years after statewide hunger strikes and a landmark settlement, men incarcerated in a California prison say they’re still isolated for up to 22 hours a day. Joshua Manson
Prisoners Who Test Positive For COVID-19 In Connecticut Are Sent To A Notorious Maximum Security Prison Faculty members of the Yale School of Public Health, the Yale School of Medicine, and the Yale School of Nursing wrote to the governor that sending patients there is “inhumane and ineffective.” Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
History Teaches Us That When Viruses Come to Prisons, Punishment Is Not the Answer The H1N1 pandemic, the HIV/AIDS crisis, and other outbreaks have taught us that blanket policies of solitary confinement and isolation have led to harmful outcomes. Joshua Manson
In San Quentin Prison, Getting The Flu Can Land You In Solitary Confinement Prisoners avoid admitting they are sick because they don’t want to be put in solitary, so nurses go cell to cell to take their temperatures. Juan Moreno Haines
Presidential Candidate Pete Buttigieg Releases Criminal Justice Reform Plan The South Bend, Indiana, mayor says his plan—which includes cutting the incarcerated population by half—will "rebalance" a system that is "unfair and racist in many ways." Aaron Morrison
U.S. Prisoners on Death Row Endure Permanent Solitary Confinement Before Execution With Appeal staff reporter Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg Adam H. Johnson
Oklahoma Department of Corrections Agrees to Move ‘Qualifying’ Death Row Prisoners Out of Tomblike Unit Some death row prisoners will be moved to another unit with access to direct sunlight, fenced-in recreation, and contact visits, department says. Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
Oklahoma’s Death Row Prisoners Are Forced Into Permanent Solitary Confinement. They are ‘Buried Alive,’ Advocates Say. Civil rights groups demand change as other states move away from the practice of isolating people sentenced to death. Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
Indefinite Solitary Confinement in New York Is Finally Put to the Test Court challenges and a sweeping reform bill are offering hope to men trapped in isolation for decades. Joshua Manson
Solitary is a ‘Tomb’ With No Escape, Virginia Prisoners Allege A new lawsuit, filed against the Virginia Department of Corrections, says prisoners are kept in isolation for frivolous reasons and prevented from rejoining the general population. Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
In 1 Day, New Mexico Prison Had 2 Suicides In Solitary Confinement The state uses solitary at one of the highest rates in the nation. Kira Lerner
A Prison Strike in Minnesota Actually Got Results Most prison strikes are met with retaliation and abuse, but one recent work stoppage is starting to pay off. Raven Rakia
Solitary Confinement, Jail Deaths Rock Race For Sheriff in California In Santa Clara County, incarcerated people, and a former undersheriff challenging six-term sheriff Laurie Smith, have turned conditions of confinement into a potent electoral issue. Victoria Law
As National Prison Strike Continues, Incarcerated People Face Retaliation Now in its second week, a strike staged by prisoners over poor conditions, low wages, and other issues is resulting in consequences, including harsh conduct reports and placements in solitary confinement. Raven Rakia
A Troubled Federal Prison Unit Gets New Life In A Different State Instead of changing its conditions and practices, The Bureau of Prisons is simply moving a problem-plagued federal prison unit in Pennsylvania to Illinois. Victoria Law
Immigrants Share Horror Stories From Inside Massachusetts’s ‘Worst’ Jail “Jail is not a country club,” the Bristol County sheriff said. “That’s why once you’ve done time in the Bristol County House of Corrections, you won’t want to come back.” Eoin Higgins
What Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court Would Mean for Criminal Justice Trump’s pick to replace Justice Kennedy would most likely undermine the rights of criminal defendants and stall progress on solitary confinement, prisoners’ rights, and the death penalty. Kyle C. Barry
Bill Challenging ‘Safekeeping’ of Tennessee Teens in Adult Prisons Could Soon Become Law Victoria Law
Over 100 Pennsylvania Prisoners are Held in Solitary Confinement — With No End in Sight Maura Ewing, Matt Stroud
Tennessee Sheriff: Solitary Confinement for 16 year-old Girl is No Different Than a ‘Private Room’ Meaghan Ybos
Pennsylvania’s Death Row Prisoners Argue That the Right to Execute Does Not Include the Right to Isolate Maura Ewing
Why is the Bronx District Attorney holding Pedro Hernandez at Rikers Island? Nick Encalada-Malinowski
