An ICIJ Investigation
Solitary Voices
U.S. immigration authorities have been misusing and overusing solitary confinement in detention centers housing tens of thousands of immigrants from around the world, a new five-month investigation reveals.
Data journalism
How US immigration authorities use solitary confinement
By Karrie Kehoe
May 20, 2019
ACCOUNTABILITY
Whistleblower ‘Helpless’ to Stop US Immigration Solitary Confinement Abuses
By Maryam Saleh
May 21, 2019
SOLITARY CONFINEMENT
Feb 06, 2024
ICE’s use of solitary confinement ‘only increasing’ under Biden, new report reveals
SOLITARY VOICES
May 25, 2022
Three years after ICIJ’s ‘Solitary Voices,’ isolation still commonplace in US prisons and detention centers
Accountability
Apr 21, 2020
U.S. isolates detained immigrants from majority-black countries at high rate, study finds
IMPACT
Apr 16, 2025
Peru’s former president and wife sentenced to 15 years in prison for Odebrecht-linked money laundering scheme
IMPACT
