In 2013, nearly 4,000 California inmates in long-term solitary confinement (for decades, in some cases) went on what would become a months-long hunger strike. The collective action was designed to get ...

An activist built a model cell to illustrate conditions of solitary confinement. An activist who served time at Waupun Correctional Institution built and displays a model cell to illustrate conditions ...

South Carolinian Randy Poindexter writes about the effects 16 years of solitary confinement had on him ahead of South Carolina’s planned execution of Mikal Mahdi, who spent months in solitary as a ...

How can we claim to be a society built upon laws when we allow prisons to continue this cruel practice? Credit: Getty Images. Twenty-five people died by suicide in New York state prisons in 2024. That ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Solitary confinement is used in ICE detention facilities as a form of punishment or to protect certain at-risk ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. For 16 years, I lived in a concrete cell. Twenty-three hours a day, every day, for more ...