Use of Solitary in Federal Prisons Increases Under Biden

 Solitary Watch - A new Department of Justice report.... found that the number of people in solitary confinement in federal prisons has increased 29 percent since December 2015. The report found that the federal Bureau of Prisons has failed to implement even the modest reforms to solitary outlined in a DOJ report issued under Obama administration in early 2016. Despite Biden’s campaign promise to end solitary confinement, the number of people held in federal solitary has increased 7 percent since the publication of the Executive Order in May 2022.