About The Survivors Opposing Solitary Coalition
Campaign efforts led by Survivors Opposing Solitary (SOS) Coalition are focused on ending the use of long-term solitary in the state prisons, with an end goal of total abolition in all settings. The SOS Coalition seeks to work collaboratively with other stakeholders to identify potential policy changes to address the impacts and harms of long-term solitary confinement, and to enact real legislative reforms that will end this brutal practice. We are guided by a steering committee of current and former survivors of solitary confinement as it seeks to pass state legislation to reform the use of solitary in the state’s prisons. The coalition has also partnered with juvenile justice advocates, immigrant rights groups, and groups focused on jail reform and oversight, to amplify the need for reforms in other carceral settings.
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