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08/23/2026

Time to take action!

Stand in solidarity with our partners at Shoulder to Shoulder by reading and sharing their updated guide: “Moving Beyond the ‘Sharia Scare’: A Guide for Faith Leaders and Allies.”

Read the guide today, share it with your community, and help combat anti-Muslim rhetoric and policy.

📄 Read the guide: https://www.shouldertoshouldercampaign.org/updated-sharia-guide-2026

📢 Support the movement: https://bit.ly/nrcat20

08/19/2026

🚨 See you tomorrow!

Join NRCAT tomorrow, Thursday, Aug. 20, from 1-2:30 p.m. ET for Healing Through Art: The Power of Expression During and Beyond Incarceration! Learn how justice-impacted people can rely on the arts to find further healing from carceral trauma.

The event is free and open to all, but registration is required. Don’t miss this important conversation!

🎫 Register: https://bit.ly/HTA-event
📚 Read the Voices Beyond the Wall winners’ work: https://solitarywatch.org/category/voices/
✊ Support more events like this: https://bit.ly/nrcat20

08/14/2026

🚨 One week to go!

Join NRCAT on Thursday, Aug. 20, from 1-2:30 p.m. ET for Healing Through Art: The Power of Expression During and Beyond Incarceration! Together, we’ll explore the role of creativity and artistic expression in navigating the lasting impact of incarceration.

The event is free and open to all, but registration is required. Don’t miss this important conversation!

🎫 Register: https://bit.ly/HTA-event

📚 Read the Voices Beyond the Wall winners’ work: https://solitarywatch.org/category/voices/

✊ Support more events like this: https://bit.ly/nrcat20

08/11/2026

🚨 You don’t want to miss this! 🚨

We’re thrilled to reveal the amazing lineup of speakers for our “Healing Through Art: The Power of Expression During and Beyond Incarceration” event on Zoom later this month.

Join us for a panel discussion among poets, advocates, art therapists, and solitary survivors on the power of creativity when healing from trauma. Then, hear the three winners of our Torture Awareness Month writing contest present excerpts of their work and discuss their creative process.

This event is free and open to everyone! Registration is required. See you there!

🎫 Reserve your spot today: https://bit.ly/HTA-event

📚 Check out our winners’ work: https://solitarywatch.org/category/voices/

✊ Help us host more events like this: bit.ly/nrcat20

08/05/2026

The wait is over! The third-place winning piece in NRCAT’s Voices Beyond the Walls Writing Contest is now live 🎉

Read "Letters on Lockdown," a short play by Wallace "Shubaka" Kirby, now featured on Solitary Watch. https://tinyurl.com/thirdplacepiece

Have you read the other winning pieces? Check them out now:

📗First Place: "Life Outside the Walls" by Sherren Moore https://tinyurl.com/firstplacepiece

📘Second Place: "The Room That Tried to Unmake Me" by Cinquan Umar Muhammad https://tinyurl.com/secondplacepiece

🤝 Let’s work together to support more solitary survivors: https://tinyurl.com/nrcatdonate

07/31/2026

The second-place winning essay is now live 🎉

Read "The Room That Tried to Unmake Me" by our second-place contest winner, Cinquan Umar Muhammad, now featured on Solitary Watch. https://tinyurl.com/secondplacepiece

Don't miss the release of our third-place winning essay on Tuesday, August 4.

📕Did you miss the release of the first-place piece "Life Outside the Walls" by Sherren Moore? Read it here! https://tinyurl.com/firstplacepiece

🤝Support more opportunities for survivors of solitary confinement to share their stories: https://tinyurl.com/nrcatdonate

07/24/2026

How can the arts help heal the lasting impacts of carceral trauma?

Join us for Healing Through the Arts: The Power of Expression During and Beyond Incarceration on Thursday, August 20, from 1:00–2:30 PM ET for a powerful conversation about creativity, healing, and resilience.

This free Zoom event will feature a panel discussion with speakers whose lived and professional experiences intersect with the arts and the carceral system, along with readings from the winners of our writing contest.

📎 Register for this free event: https://bit.ly/HTA-event

07/23/2026

Time to take action!

Stand in solidarity with everyone impacted by solitary confinement by signing NRCAT's National Pledge: A Moral Call to End the Torture of Solitary Confinement.

Every signature helps build momentum to end the inhumane practice of solitary confinement and move us closer to a society free from torture.

Your action doesn't have to end with your signature. After you sign, invite your friends, family, congregation, organization, or community to join you. Together, our voices are stronger.

📝 Sign the pledge: https://bit.ly/pledge-endsolitary

📢 Support the movement: https://bit.ly/nrcat20

07/22/2026

After reviewing powerful submissions from participants across the country, NRCAT is proud to announce the winners of the Voices Beyond the Wall writing contest:

🥇 First Place: Sherren Moore
🥈 Second Place: Cinquan Uman Muhammad
🥉 Third Place: Wallace "Shubaka" Kirby

Together, their winning pieces bear witness to the profound human impact of solitary confinement. Their words remind us that this inhumane practice is a stain on our collective humanity—and why ending it is an urgent moral imperative.

📰 Read the winning essays as they're published by Solitary Watch every Tuesday. The first-place piece "Life Outside the Walls" by Sherren Moore was released this week🎊: tinyurl.com/firstplacepiece

🌐 Are you, or someone you know, a survivor of solitary confinement? Apply to join our National Network: bit.ly/NatlNetwork

🤝 Help us create more opportunities to amplify the voices and stories of solitary confinement survivors: bit.ly/nrcat20

07/09/2026

Every voice matters in the fight to end torture.

NRCAT is proud to be among the 120 organizations that have signed the Center for Victims of Torture’s Civil Society Statement in Support of Victims of Torture.

Join us as we work towards building a society rooted in justice, human dignity, and rights for all.

📜 Read the Civil Society Statement in Support of Victims of Torture and see why organizations across the globe are speaking out: https://www.cvt.org/statements/civil-society-statement

🌱 Support our work by making a tax-deductible contribution: bit.ly/nrcat20

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