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This article was published in partnership with Truthout. When the Omicron variant of COVID-19 spiked across the nation in late 2021, approximately 1,350 people incarcerated in the District of Columbia Jail were sequestered in solitary confinement conditions in their cells for 22 hours a day. “It was dehumanizing,” said Russell Rowe, of the repeated COVID lockdowns […]

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COVID-Fueled Solitary Confinement Still Plagues Prisons and Jails

At San Quentin, a Desperate Man Goes on Hunger Strike to Protest Conditions in a COVID-19 Isolation Unit

“Witness to Human Torture”: On Both Sides of the Prison Walls, Social Workers Confront Solitary Confinement

Seven Days in Solitary [10/29/17]

At Louisiana’s Angola Prison, Lawsuit Claims, the Sick Face Neglect, Isolation, and Death

Lawsuit Charges Delaware Prison System With Neglect and Solitary Confinement of Mentally Ill

Report Blasts Conditions at District of Columbia Jail

Voices from Solitary: Segregation Medical

New Report Documents Brutal Treatment of People with Mental Illness in U.S. Prisons and Jails

In Canada, a Death in Prison Sparks Debate, Lawsuits Over Solitary Confinement

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

Voices from Solitary: Cycle of Despair

Corrections Officer Found Guilty in Death in a Rikers Island Solitary Cell

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

Settlement to Improve Arizona’s Prison Health Care, Limit Use of Solitary Confinement

Reports Condemn Healthcare and Solitary Confinement in Arizona State Prisons

Pennsylvania Prison System Faces Lawsuit Over Suicide of Young Man with Mental Illness

Voices from Solitary: What Have You Done to My Brother?

New York City Officials and Advocates Push for Change to the “Culture of Brutality” on Rikers Island

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 [7/13/14]

Ninety Years Old, Deaf, and in the Hole in a Florida Prison

In a Maryland Jail, Teens Charged As Adults Face Isolation and Neglect

Seven Days in Solitary [6/8/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/25/14]

Voices from Solitary: Head Cases

New ACLU Report Examines Devastating Impact of Solitary Confinement on Women

Voices from Solitary: “Mind Blowing Because I’m a Kid”