Nearly 50,000 People Were Held in Solitary Confinement in the U.S. Last Year, Study Finds

Despite a number of state reforms over the past decade, nearly 50,000 people were held in solitary confinement in prison systems across the country last year, according to a report released Wednesday. 

The report, "Time-In-Cell: A 2021 Snapshot of Restrictive Housing," co-authored by the Correctional Leaders Association and the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law at Yale Law School, estimates that as of July 2021, between 41,000 and 48,000 people were held in isolation in U.S. prison cells.