Juan Moreno Haines, Author at Solitary Watch

Juan Moreno Haines is editor-in-chief of Solitary Watch and a former senior editor at the award-winning San Quentin News. A member of the Society of Professional Journalists, he was awarded its Silver Heart Award for being “a voice for the voiceless.” His work has appeared in The Guardian, The Appeal, Hastings Race and Poverty Law Journal, Above the Law, UCLA Law Review, Life of the Law, The Oakland Post, LA Progressive, and CalMatters, among others. In 2020, he received the PEN Prison Writing Contest’s Fielding A. Dawson Prize in Fiction. He has been incarcerated in California for 26 years.

News & Features

Juneteenth to an Incarcerated American

Unlocking Hidden Stories of Torture Behind Bars

What, to the Incarcerated American, Is Your Election Day?

Trusted Sources: Why Mainstream Media Needs Incarcerated Voices

A Message from Our New Editor-in-Chief, Incarcerated Journalist Juan Moreno Haines [Video]

On the Vital Importance of Supporting Incarcerated Journalists

The Word: Dismantle Prisons or Improve Conditions? As Someone Inside, I Know We Must Do Both

Here in San Quentin, I See Why Solitary Confinement Must End

In Prison, the Work of Journalism Is Challenging but Essential

The Word: In Prison, We Face Epidemics of Isolation and Neglect on Top of COVID-19

At San Quentin, the Response to COVID-19 Brings More Isolation and Suffering to People with Mental Illness

The View from Badger Yard: Surviving in San Quentin with COVID-19

Struggling to Survive at San Quentin: “We Are Dying in Here”

At San Quentin, a Desperate Man Goes on Hunger Strike to Protest Conditions in a COVID-19 Isolation Unit

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