Gender/Sexual orientation Archives

Gender/Sexual orientation

• The Montgomery Advertiser reported that the families of four men who committed suicide in Alabama prisons in the past two years have filed a wrongful death lawsuit, claiming they faced cruel and unusual punishment. The Southern Poverty Law Center says that the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) violates their own policies, including routine security […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Gender/Sexual orientation

Seven Days in Solitary [3/2/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/9/19]

Louisiana on Lockdown: Voices from Louisiana’s Solitary Confinement Cells

Seven Days in Solitary [4/15/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/14/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/7/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/4/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/21/18]

Chelsea Manning Faces Solitary Confinement for Reading Materials, Other Minor Infractions

Voices from Solitary: Injury x Insult

Seven Days in Solitary [6/7/15]

Women in New York State Prisons Face Solitary Confinement and Shackling While Pregnant or Sick

Voices from Solitary: My Tranz Brothers and Sisters Are There, Boxed

“A Girl Hung Herself Yesterday”: Deaths in Custody at California Institution for Women

Civil Rights Groups Demand Change for Transgender Women Held in Solitary in New York’s Prisons

Transgender Women in New York State Prisons Face Solitary Confinement and Sexual Assault

Voices from Solitary: Cruel and Unusual Punishment for Transgender Women

Seven Days in Solitary [5/18/14]

On the Way to Solitary, Women in Massachusetts Jail Get Strip Searched and Videotaped

New ACLU Report Examines Devastating Impact of Solitary Confinement on Women

Seven Days in Solitary [4/20/14]

Women in Solitary Confinement: Buried Inside the Federal Prison System

Women in Solitary Confinement: Sent to Solitary for Reporting Sexual Assault

Women in Solitary Confinement: “The Isolation Degenerates Us Into Madness”

New Directive May Curtail Use of Solitary Confinement in Immigrant Detention

Transgender Immigrant Detainees Locked in Solitary Confinement

New Resource: Solitary Confinement FAQ

Abu Ghraib, California: Report Shows Brutal Abuse of Prisoners in LA County Jails

Abu Ghraib on the Allegheny: Sexual and Physical Abuse at Pennsylvania Prison