Journey to Justice: The Case Against Solitary Confinement
Sat, Sep 13
|Town Hall Seattle
Join us for a special event focused on gaining a strong understanding on how solitary confinement is causing serious harm to our fellow citizens, help humanize those who've experienced solitary, and aid in the fight to end this horrific practice in Washington.
Time & Location
Sep 13, 2025, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
About the event
Once judged by the United States Supreme Court to be an impermissible form of torture, solitary confinement has grown to become a "solution" to the overcrowding and violence that define life on the inside. Every day in American jails and prisons, 122,000 people are confined to a cell the size of a parking space; some have been there for months, years, and in some cases, decades. While the devastating physical and psychological effects of solitary are well documented, black-and-white statistics can never fully capture the toll it takes on the people who endure it.
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The event will provide testimony from four individuals who've been forced to spend years inside those small, isolated concrete cells. You'll hear the effects it had on them individually, and the harms they witnessed being inflicted upon other incarcerated people. After these testimonies there will be a Q and A session to allow space and…