D.C. Church Installs Solitary Confinement Cell Replica For Lenten Reflection

Antonia Blumberg
The United States keeps thousands of its prisoners in solitary confinement or some other type of segregated housing. A group of religious leaders is trying to put an end to that.

On Sunday, March 22, St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., debuted a full-size replica of a typical prison Special Housing Unit (SHU), or solitary confinement cell. The church’s senior warden, Liane Rozzell, said the goal of the project is to encourage visitors to reflect on what they see and take action to push for an end to solitary confinement.

“Because solitary confinement happens out of public view, we don't normally confront the reality of it,” she said. “I think experiencing this cell will be sobering for most people, and perhaps a wake-up call.”

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