🚨 New report reveals a sharp rise in solitary confinement in ICE detention during Trump's early 2nd term, with over 10,000 placed in isolation up to May 2025. Vulnerable detainees suffer longer, harsher conditions. Calls grow to end this punitive practice. #HumanRights #ImmigrationJustice #EndSolitary https://www.icij.org/news/2025/09/solitary-confinement-in-ice-detention-spiked-during-early-months-of-the-trump-administration-report-finds/
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Solitary confinement in ICE detention spiked during early months of the Trump administration, report finds - ICIJ

Six years after ICIJ’s Solitary Voices investigation, Physicians for Human Rights found over 10,000 people were placed in solitary confinement over a 14-month period.

International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

Texas "currently houses more than 3,000 prisoners in solitary, and sits at the top of the league table in the US for the number of prisoners it has detained in isolation for more than 10 years (more than 500)."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/27/texas-death-row-inmates-sue-state-solitary-confinement?utm_term=63d3b5bb2982c4d4b2c1372f6c6794c8&utm_campaign=USMorningBriefing&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=usbriefing_email

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Texas death row inmates sue state over ‘brutal’ solitary confinement conditions

Class action lawsuit alleges prison authorities inflict ‘cruel and unusual punishment’ in breach of constitutional rights

The Guardian