President Biden and Vice President Harris pledged to end solitary confinement. Yet, thousands of people remain in solitary in federal custody each day. People continue to suffer, and die, in solitary. The Federal Anti-Solitary Taskforce released a Blueprint for how the President and Congress can and must end solitary confinement.

Please join us in taking steps to end solitary confinement at the federal level.

• TODAY, August 4 from 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. EST. Register for Unlock the Box's virtual rally to end solitary confinement in federal prisons. Register here to tell President Biden to end solitary now!
• Read and share the Blueprint for Ending Solitary Confinement at the Federal Level.
• Text: Biden to 52886 or go here in order to:
  1. Contact President Biden and Vice President Harris to urge them to fulfill their campaign promises by immediately ending solitary confinement.
  2. Contact your own federal Senators and Representatives to urge them to pass legislation to end solitary confinement at the federal level and incentivize states and localities to do the same.
• Directly Call the White House: 202-456-1111: to urge President Biden and Vice President Harris to live up to their campaign pledges to fully end solitary confinement. Call this week, keep calling, and keep urging as many people as possible to call!
• See other resources:
  1. Special Report entitled “Solitary Confinement Is Never the Answer,” documenting the impacts and risks associated with the estimated 500 percent increase in the use of solitary confinement as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Special Report notes that the number of people held in solitary confinement in the United States ballooned to an estimated 300,000 people by April 2020.
  2. Data from DOJ about numbers of people currently in solitary in federal prisons
  3. 2016 report and guiding principles from DOJ under the Obama administration

Thank you,

Rabbi Chuck Feinberg
http://www.interfaithactionhr.org/