SWASC End Solitary! newsletter articles referring to NASW-related concerns

• Issue 3 - January/February 2018 

  • Valerie Kiebala - Witness to Human Torture - reflects NASW Ethics expert Frederic Reamer's comments about social workers working in solitary confinement facilities

• Issue 4 - March/April 2018

  • https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/a-call-to-end-health

  • https://www.socialworkersasc.org/the-ethics-of-social-work-and-dual-loyalty-in-solitary-confinement-settings-nasws-institutional-responsibility/ 

• Issue 5 - May/June 2018

  • https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/a-call-to-end-health

  • Psychiatrists' Petition

  • Physicians for Human Rights Petition

• Issue 6 - July/August 2018

  • Will the social work profession assume ethical responsibility for the abolition of solitary confinement?

• Issue 7 - September/October 2018

  • Recommend SWASC's actions for NASW's Criminal Justice Priorities 2018-2019

• Issue 8 - April 2019

  • Why Did NASW Neglect to Tell Members About Suicide in Correctional Facilities?

  • SWASC Updates

    • SWASC Sends Cover Letter to NCCHC with Petitions Signed by Nearly 700  members

    • https://www.socialworkersasc.org/a-second-call-to-nasw-chapter-execs-to-end-solitary-confinement/
      No Response from Chapters

• Issue 9 – Fall 2019

  • I Take Action!

  • SWASC promotes NASW's request to members, asking them to write to lawmakers to support: Stop Cruelty to Migrant Children Act (S. 2113/H.R. 3918). Reflects SWASC’s efforts to support positive actions by NASW   https://www.socialworkersasc.org/category/newsletter-issue-9/take-action/

• Issue 10 – November 2019

  • Special Edition: Legislative Alert and Briefing to curb solitary confinement with Mary Buser -

  • The briefing on the Solitary Confinement Study and Reform Act of 2019 (HR 4488) was held on November 21, 2019. NASW did not support, although the NASW Board had promised to act on national legislation. 

• Issue 11 – March 2020

  • Of National Interest 

    • *The Year of Clear Vision - Read the whole article p. 3

    • *Social Workers Push Back Against Solitary Confinement p.7

    • NYS Bill to Ban Participation in Torture by Health Professionals p. 11

    • Supported by NASW-NYS 12.2015 - See https://s3.amazonaws.com/PHR_other/NY-ATP-legislation-support-memo-Sept2011.pdf

• Issue 12 – June 2020

  • Please read the following articles and sub-articles:

    • *Incoming NASW President Mildred "Mit" Joyner on racism, social justice, and recommended educational resources for social workers and social work students p. 1.

    • FYI, as our most recent example, we haven't had a response to our request for the NASW to be involved in resolving the dual loyalty dilemma by working with us to eliminate solitary confinement. Mit Joyner provided an article that included support for ending solitary confinement.  

    • COVID-19's impact on prisons and solitary. including "NASW's statement on advocacy"; and "On the ground: Ahmenise Senati and NASW-CA Board report serious neglect due to COVID-19 pandemic at LA Correctional Facility.