Governor Newsom Vetoes Bill to Limit Solitary Confinement
By Laurel Spear SACRAMENTO, CA — On Sept. 29, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed Assembly…
Advocates and Religious Groups Pressure CA Governor Newsom for Long Overdue Solitary Confinement Reform
By Daniella Espinoza SACRAMENTO, CA – A group of survivors of solitary confinement and faith leaders last…
Guest Commentary: Indefinite Solitary Confinement is Purgatory
Suffering and mental health deterioration with no end in sight By Michael “Scientific” Rivera “Indefinite solitary confinement”…
Guest Commentary: A Plea for the Elimination of Solitary Confinement in America’s Prisons
By Ryan M. Moser If you stare at the same spot on the wall for an hour,…
Commentary: The Invisible Line
By James Peratta The wonder of this nation that separates us from the rest of the world…
Looking Back at COVID-19 in Fresno County Jail – 40-Day Quarantines, Medical Neglect, No Programming
By Ned Meiners Jannat Alam, a former intern for the Covid In-Custody Project, contributed to this story…
‘Depressed, Frustrated, Paranoid’ – One Woman’s Yearlong Battle with COVID at Central CA Women’s Facility
By Alexis Hogan This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project — an independent journalism project that partners…
New York Limits Solitary Confinement with Passage of New Bill
By Kritika Singh NEW YORK — After many years of advocating to end solitary confinement, New York…
“He went four days without coming out of his cell for a call or shower” – COVID-19 Stories from CDCR’s CSP Solano
By Jaskiran Soomal This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project — an independent journalism project that partners…
“What little control they had is gone” – Mental Health Concerns Soar Amid Prison Covid-19 Restrictions
By Koda Slingluff This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project — an independent journalism project that partners…
What Does Ethical COVID-19 Medical Isolation Look Like? AMEND @ UCSF Highlights Necessary Reforms to Solitary-Confinement-Style Quarantines
By Lauren Smith Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, prisons and jails across California have served as petri…
Quarantine Becomes Solitary Confinement at San Quentin; Two More Deaths This Week
By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives Lee’lannee Wade-Denard’s husband contracted COVID-19 back in July while…
2019 Was a Watershed Year in the Movement to Stop Solitary Confinement
The movement to stop the torturous practice of long-term solitary confinement gained traction in 2019. These are…
After Spending 16 Months in Solitary Confinement, Fighting to End It
By Kiana Calloway I was just 17 years old when I was sent to solitary confinement in…
The Inhumane Conditions of Solitary for Incarcerated Women
By Ali Winters At the first checkpoint at Tennessee Prison for Women, there was a large, scrolling…
DHS is Locking Immigrants in Solitary Confinement
By Naureen Shah In 2012, I visited the federal supermax prison ADX Florence in Colorado and spoke…
The First Step Act Is a Small Step for Incarcerated Women
By Anjana Samant The enactment of the First Step Act earlier this month will bring some much-needed change…
Ending the Horror of Long-Term Solitary
By Rick Raemisch In Colorado, long-term solitary confinement used to be a tool that was regularly used…
Court Watch: Statewide Reforms on Solitary Confinement and Bail
Senator Yee Introduces Bill to Ban Solitary Confinement for Children Last week, Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco)…