This webinar occurred on August 18, and a recording is available on our YouTube channel.

 This conversation was convened and moderated by Mary L. Cohen, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Music Education, School of Music and College of Education.

This panel featured:

• Katrina Carter, Assistant Deputy Director, Institutions-Reentry & Programs with the Iowa Department of Corrections
• Two formerly incarcerated Iowans: Eddie J. Walker Jr, Substance Abuse Counselor & Mentor with Turning Point and Mark Dotson, Graphic Artist
• Judy Dworin, Performance Artist creating a site-specific performance piece based on the Solitary Garden installed at the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center in Hartford, Connecticut. 

Resources from the Solitary Confinement webinar:

      Select Resources

• Waiting for an Echo: The Madness of American Incarceration by Christine Montross, MD​
• In the Place of Justice: A Story of Punishment and Deliverance by Wilbert Rideau​
• Six by Ten: Stories from Solitary edited by Taylor Pendergrass and Mateo Hoke​
• American Civil Liberties Union Abuse of the Human Rights of Prisoners in the United States: Solitary Confinement ​
• Judy Dworin Performance Project​
• Solitary Gardens Projects​
• Growing Up Locked Down: Youth in Solitary Confinement​​
• Solitary Watch

     Additional Resources

• Critical Resistance: http://criticalresistance.org/
• University of California Santa Cruz Visualizing Abolition Webinar Series: https://ias.ucsc.edu/content/2020/visualizing-abolition
• Unlock the Box: The National Campaign to End Solitary Confinement: https://unlocktheboxcampaign.org/
• Human Rights Coalition: https://www.hrcoalition.org/stop-solitary
• The Marshall Project: https://www.themarshallproject.org/records/71-solitary-confinement
• Solitary Watch: https://solitarywatch.org/about/
• The Solitary Confinement Resource Center (Part of Solitary Watch): https://scrc.solitarywatch.org/
• Vera Institute of Justice: https://www.vera.org/ending-mass-incarceration/bringing-dignity-to-life-behind-bars/solitary-confinement
• Together to End Solitary: http://www.togethertoendsolitary.org/
• ACLU: https://www.aclu.org/issues/prisoners-rights/solitary-confinement/we-can-stop-solitary
• Penal Reform International: https://www.penalreform.org/issues/prison-conditions/key-facts/solitary-confinement/
• Stop Solitary for Kids: https://www.stopsolitaryforkids.org/
• American Friends Service Committee: https://www.afsc.org/resource/solitary-confinement-facts
• National Religious Campaign Against Torture: http://www.nrcat.org/torture-in-us-prisons