Dr. Danielle Rudes Dr. Danielle Rudes has received the 2023 Outstanding Book Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) for her publication, Surviving solitary: Living and working in restricted housing units . The honor recognizes the best book published in the area of criminal justice. “I was so excited,” Dr. Rudes said. “Books take a tremendous amount of time and work to publish. To receive this recognition for my very first book is quite an honor.” When Dr. Rudes and her research team first began conducting interviews in restricted housing units, she didn’t initially set out to write a book. It was data from their research that she found fascinating which inspired her to write Surviving Solitary . “We spent six and a half years in nine different institutions doing interviews with both residents and staff,” Rudes said. “The first couple of years, the questions were very broad. We narrowed down and focused our questions based on the answers. My team found there we...