resources
Anti- Solitary Resources
We are constantly updating and learning more about the international campaign to end Solitary Confinement, please email us if you would like to contribute to this page: grow@solitarygardens.org
Solitary Watch
Founded by the amazing journalists, Jean Cassela and Jim Ridgeway, Solitary Watch has been reporting on solitary confinement for over a decade. They are a rich resource for campaign materials and contacts
#HALTsolitary
Based in NYC, #HALTsolitary (formerly CAIC) has been instrumental in reducing the practice of confinement in NY State and surrounding areas.
ACLU
The ACLU has a list of resources to use for local campaigns
Vera Institute
The Vera Institute recently launched a national campaign to organize ending solitary.
Get the NYTimes Bestseller, Solitary- a unique memoir written by Albert Woodfox, a dear mentor and friend to jackie sumell, without whose wisdom and determination— none of these projects would be possible. Click on image to order book.
The essential text for abolition. This book, will provide the context and history to help us imagine a landscape without prisons
Ten years of strategy laid out agains the prison industrial complex.
An awesome account of the rise and practice of Solitary Confinement by Keramet Reiter
The pretext for abolition, Community leader and lawyer Zach Norris lays out a radical way to shift the conversation about public safety away from fear and punishment and toward growth and support systems for our families and communities.