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The following account comes from our faithful reader Alan CYA #65085. He recalls time spent, more than 40 years ago, in a juvenile jail in California–and a Christmas spent in solitary. .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   […]

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Haunted by Memory’s Ghosts

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by Voices from Solitary

December 30, 2012

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Loneliness and Faith at Christmastime

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by Voices from Solitary

December 25, 2012

News & Features

Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 24, 2012

News & Features

At U.N. Prisoners’ Rights Meeting, U.S. Resists Limits on Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 18, 2012

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “No Wonder There Are So Many Suicides”

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by Voices from Solitary

December 17, 2012

News & Features

Mentally Ill Utah Prisoner Sentenced to 20 Days in Solitary for Not Moving Cup Fast Enough

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by Sal Rodriguez

December 13, 2012

News & Features

Profile of an ADX Prisoner: “Just Half Crazy And Trying To Hold On To The Other Half”

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by Sal Rodriguez

December 9, 2012

News & Features

NYCLU Files Suit Challenging Solitary Confinement in New York State Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 6, 2012

News & Features

Tamms Supermax: Report Reveals More Guards Than Prisoners, Soaring Costs

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by Beth Broyles

December 4, 2012

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