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<h1 class="reader-title">Announcing the Solitary Confinement
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<h2 class="post-date"><font size="-1">By <a
href="https://solitarywatch.org/author/jeancasellaandjamesridgeway/">Jean
Casella and James Ridgeway</a> - November 2, 2018</font></h2>
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<p><span>The <a href="http://scrc.solitarywatch.org/"
rel="external nofollow" title=""
data-wpel-target="_blank">Solitary Confinement
Resource Center</a> is a curated, fully searchable
database of media, research, firsthand accounts, court
and policy documents, and advocacy tools on the use of
solitary confinement in U.S. prisons, jails, and
juvenile detention facilities.</span></p>
<p>Although some 80,000 people are held in isolation in
the United States on any given day, solitary confinement
units and supermax prisons long functioned as virtual
black sites, hidden from the public, policymakers, and
the press. Today, despite the best efforts of a system
that resists transparency, the body of information on
solitary confinement is growing, but it remained
scattered and difficult to access.</p>
<p><span>Believing that information can be a powerful
force for change, </span><a
href="https://solitarywatch.org/"><span>Solitary Watch</span></a><span>
joined with the </span><a
href="https://www.unlocktheboxcampaign.org/"
rel="external nofollow" title=""
data-wpel-target="_blank"><span>Unlock the Box</span></a><span> national
campaign to create this central, comprehensive bank of
resources for use by advocates, journalists, scholars,
educators, attorneys, health care providers,
corrections officials, solitary survivors and their
loved ones, and other concerned citizens who seek to
shine a light on one of the darkest corners of our
criminal justice system.</span></p>
<p>We encourage Solitary Watch readers to explore the <a
href="http://scrc.solitarywatch.org/" rel="external
nofollow" title="" data-wpel-target="_blank">Solitary
Confinement Resource Center</a>, and use the form
found on the site to suggest additional resources.</p>
<p><em><span>The Solitary Confinement Resource Center is
made possible through a grant from the Jacob and
Valeria Langeloth Foundation.</span></em></p>
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