From the hermits of the early Christian church escaping society for lives of solitary prayer, to medieval anchorites in secluded cells, isolation was a prerequisite for spiritual success.

McCarthy was in solitary confinement for 10 years at Pelican Bay State prison and, like Ramos, wants to see the use of solitary end. “This is not a political issue,” he said.

More than 122,000 people in the U.S. are estimated to be in solitary confinement, according to a report by Solitary Watch and Unlock the Box. That number is far greater than previous estimates.The ...

In solitary confinement, the failures of the justice system pile up on each other. This is what happens when they land on society's most vulnerable.

BOP statistics on solitary confinement for trans and cis prisoners as of October 2022. In a response to a request for comment about the data in its report, a BOP official told The Nation that it ...

“Solitary confinement is a place where our racial history is on full display,” Hattery and Smith wrote. “Not only are the majority of the staff white and the majority of the prisoners Black and brown, ...

I spent years in solitary confinement. End this horrific mistreatment of people in prison. Choose care over punishment. Listen to alternatives proposed by people who, like me, have survived the ...

Ending solitary is only one of many goals for advocates of prison and criminal justice reform. Looking toward the future, what more needs to be done? We certainly want to look at better ...

Solitary confinement in Illinois prisons violates human rights, Chicago lawyers group says “Prisons exist to punish and rehabilitate people — not to torture and destroy them,” says the ...

A not-so-modern epidemic: What 17th-century nuns can teach us about coping with loneliness. ... From the hermits of the early Christian church escaping society for lives of solitary prayer, ...