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The following piece was written by Safi Dona’t, who is serving a 25-year sentence and is currently housed in the Control Unit at the United States Penitentiary, Administrative Maximum Facility (ADX) in Florence, Colorado. Dona’t, a 57-year-old from Inglewood, California, has been incarcerated for 21 years and has spent over a decade in solitary confinement.  […]

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: What Starts in ADX Stays in ADX

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by Voices from Solitary

July 28, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/27/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

July 27, 2020

News & Features

As Black Lives Matter Protests Mounted, Federal Prisons Went on Lockdown—and Their Staffs Were Deployed to the Streets

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by Carter Deane

July 21, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Fourteen Days in Solitary [7/20/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

July 21, 2020

News & Features

“Man Down:” Left in the Hole at San Quentin During a Coronavirus Crisis

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by Juan Moreno Haines

July 7, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Fourteen Days in Solitary [7/6/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

July 6, 2020

Voices from Solitary

Voices From Solitary: Postcards From a Prison Pandemic

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by Voices from Solitary

July 1, 2020

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