?? New Articles Announcement ?? : ?? Celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth, our Editor-in-Chief Juan Moreno Haines reflects on his experiences as a Black man incarcerated at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center. Haines’ reflection is complemented by "Fallacies Slain" a poem by Jason “Knowledge Supreme Mind” Jackson, an incarcerated poet and spoken-word artist, who highlights the contradictions between the public celebration of Black History Month and the reality of life for Black people incarcerated across America: https://lnkd.in/e8tX9UvJ ?? In our latest?#VoicesfromSolitary?essay, Lanae Tipton, an incarcerated writer in Texas now entering her second year in solitary confinement, confronts the devastating psychological toll of isolation and recounts the loss of her friend Brooklyn, the second suicide she witnessed in six months: https://lnkd.in/eVjNBeCv ?? Our weekly round-up of news on solitary confinement covers the corrections officers' strike in New York that targets a solitary reform law, a South Dakota bathroom bill that could force transgender incarcerated people into solitary, recent allegations of harsh confinement being used at the migrant detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, and more: https://lnkd.in/euZDb8wR
Solitary Watch | Shining Light into the Darkest Corners of the U.S. Punishment System
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The only watchdog group dedicated to reporting on the widespread use of solitary confinement in U.S. prisons and jails.
关于我们
Solitary Watch is a nonprofit national watchdog group that investigates, documents, and disseminates information on the widespread use of solitary confinement in U.S. prisons and jails. As the only site dedicated solely to solitary confinement across the United States, our mission is to provide the public—as well as practicing attorneys, legal scholars, law enforcement and corrections officers, policymakers, educators, advocates, people in prison, and their families—with the first centralized source of unfolding news, original reporting, firsthand accounts, background research, and advocacy tools on this vital domestic human rights issue, in order to bring about awareness, debate, and change.
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https://solitarywatch.org/
Solitary Watch | Shining Light into the Darkest Corners of the U.S. Punishment System的外部链接
- 所属行业
- 在线音视频媒体
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- 2-10 人
- 总部
- Washington，DC
- 类型
- 非营利机构
- 创立
- 2009
- 领域
- Solitary Confinement、Journalism、Criminal Justice、Research、Advocacy和Prison Conditions
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Solitary Watch | Shining Light into the Darkest Corners of the U.S. Punishment System员工
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NYC Department of Corrections condemned for secretly constructing a high-security unit on Rikers Island that may violate solitary confinement law. A new report connects suicides of incarcerated people to the Federal Bureau of Prisons' inadequate mental health services and usage of isolation. Man incarcerated in Virginia files lawsuit against detention facility for allegedly placing him in solitary for 16 months. Stay informed by checking out our latest weekly roundup of news on solitary confinement: https://lnkd.in/eScSecnA
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The number of individuals placed in solitary confinement by ICE rose by 61% from 2022 to 2023, with at least 3,000 individuals segregated in 2023 alone.?Recognized as cruel and inhumane by the U.N., solitary confinement is considered a form of torture.?The agency's use of segregation is highly likely to grow in the new Trump administration, which has pledged to expand the use of immigration detention and further lower standards for detention conditions. Our latest fact sheet "Solitary Confinement in Immigration Detention" features facts and figures, striking quotations from solitary survivors, examples of solitary in immigrant detention, recent attempts to limit the practice, and the expected pushback in 2025. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/g5VMHyYX