Solitary Watch

“Over 122,000 people are currently held in solitary confinement in America...disproportionately targets Black prisoners.” Alan Ng looks at The End Of Isolation. filmthreat.com/reviews/the-en… #SupportIndieFilm #Documentary #TheEndOfIsolation

Explore Justice, History, and Community at Eastern State This May wmmr.com/2026/05/13/eas…

Ex-Georgia warden indicted in prison gang scheme fox5atlanta.com/news/ex-georgi… Along with contraband smuggling and money laundering, the warden is alleged to have accepted a bribe to move one gang member out of solitary confinement.

United for Justice Rally brings criminal justice reform advocates to the Rhode Island State House, including a campaign for a law to limit solitary confinement open.substack.com/pub/steveahlqu…

Confusion, ambulance shortage delayed emergency response in latest ICE detention death in solitary confinement atlpresscollective.com/2026/05/12/con…

Louisiana Gov. Landry budget proposal includes $46 million for immigration detention at Angola, including reopening of a notorious solitary confinement unti veritenews.org/2026/05/12/lan…

ICE deported Detroit man days after he spoke out to members of Congress freep.com/story/news/loc… via @freep He had "reported being held in solitary confinement for several weeks in a room so cold he couldn't feel his toes and that his guards were throwing his food into the cell."

How One Man Runs a Legal Nonprofit in Prison prisonjournalismproject.org/2026/05/12/how…

"Prison writing has often been the spark that lights the flame of political awareness among the incarcerated population and their allies." @waazn1 inquest.org/lighting-the-b…

'Being here breaks people': Inside solitary confinement at Adelanto ICE detention center laist.com/news/politics/…

In 2013, a man held at Menard Correctional Center's #solitaryconfinement unit reported that 90% of these tiny cells are double-manned. This is one of many violations of the men's Eighth Amendment rights. These cruel and unusual practices persist today. tinyurl.com/3dk5ewd3

For #MothersDay, Kwaneta Harris shares the story of Jennifer and her late daughter, Brooklyn, and the multiple ways the criminal legal system failed them. As a mother and solitary survivor, Harris highlights the harms caused by isolation. Read here: tinyurl.com/5dwn4frh

Check out our 2026 Ridgeway Reporting Project recipients! We're assisting these 7 incarcerated individuals in conducting research and getting published. Thank you to the Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation and the Vital Projects Fund. Learn more here: tinyurl.com/b3hn67zv

Researchers, oversight board rebuke San Diego county sheriff for withholding data in jail deaths study timesofsandiego.com/crime/2026/05/… via @TimesofSanDiego

This #MothersDay2026, Kwaneta Harris honors the mothers who lost their children to #solitaryconfinement. She shares the story of Jennifer Rodriguez and her late daughter, Brooklyn Hogrell, and how prison robbed them of their time together. Read more: tinyurl.com/5dwn4frh

Deaths, Sickness, and Hunger: Strike Among Detainees Reignites Calls to Shut Down ICE Detention Center documentedny.com/2026/05/08/mos…

The Daughter the Criminal Legal System Failed, and the Mother Who Never Did solitarywatch.org/2026/05/08/the… Burying Your Child Is a Nightmare from Which No Parent Ever Fully Wakes. Burying Your Child Who Died in Prison Is Something Worse Than a Nightmare.

Critics question WA’s progress reducing solitary confinement in state prisons spokanepublicradio.org/regional-news/…

Overflowing Idaho prisons are sending women with good behavior to ‘the hole’ investigatewest.org/overflowing-id…

Solitary confinement is a mental health crisis chicagoreader.com/city-life/insi… via @Chicago_Reader I spent a year and a half working in Pinckneyville’s solitary unit as a porter; what I witnessed was a warehouse for untreated mental illness.