Melbourne woman spends much of past nine years in seclusion after being found not guilty of assault due to mental impairment
Judge concerned about lack of progress of treatment in mental health facility and urges transition away from ‘highly restrictive conditions’
March 2024
Concerns raised over solitary confinement in Queensland youth detention after deaths of two First Nations boys
Government report says placing children in prison isolation can affect their health and wellbeing in ‘severe, long-term and irreversible ways’
November 2023
Alabama guard accused of encouraging prisoners to murder organizer of strikes
Lawsuit filed against Alabama department of corrections alleges Jeremy Pelzer pushed inmates to kill Robert Earl Council
February 2023
Texas inmates say ‘decade after decade’ of solitary confinement is torture
Prisoners who joined hunger strike to protest extreme conditions describe the damage isolation inflicts on mental health
January 2023
Texas death row inmates sue state over ‘brutal’ solitary confinement conditions
Texas prisoners continue hunger strike in protest against solitary confinement
August 2022
Nearly 50,000 people held in solitary confinement in US, report says
Study says between 41,000 and 48,000 prisoners subjected to ‘restrictive housing’, which UN considers a form of torture
March 2019
After 40 years in solitary, activist Albert Woodfox tells his story of survival
The former Black Panther and member of the Angola 3 reflects on how he turned his cell from a place of confinement to a space for personal growth
October 2018
More than 4,000 mentally ill inmates held in solitary in US – report
Segregation of young offenders rising in institutions, says report
February 2018
Activists say woman put in solitary after reporting assault by detention guard
Protests held at detention center in Texas where immigrant rights group alleges woman was pressured to withdraw her complaint
January 2017
I was a child. My prison guards treated me like a dog in solitary confinement
JJ
British woman jailed in Iran released from solitary confinement
October 2016
Albert Woodfox: ‘I choose to use my anger as a means for changing things’
Chelsea Manning emerges from solitary confinement after suicide attempt
September 2016
Don't punish Chelsea Manning – release her
Trevor Timm
The incarcerated whistleblower is on a hunger strike to protest her treatment. It’s time to heed her pleas for help
July 2016
Former Black Panther wins settlement and reprieve from solitary confinement
The $99,000 settlement could make it more difficult for Pennsylvania to argue against the release from solitary of prisoners who have been held even longer
May 2016
6x9: a virtual experience of solitary confinement
Before solitary: a young man's journey in the US prison system – video
In my opinion
I was alone in a room for three years. Solitary confinement is torture – video
April 2016
6x9: a virtual experience of solitary confinement
It's time to end juvenile solitary confinement, once and for all
Cory Booker
There are thousands of young prison inmates in the US in isolation. Its effects work against the rehabilitation we supposedly want for them
