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Original Reporting, Commentary, and News from a Nation on Lockdown

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When Isolation Became the Supreme Punishment

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by Juan Moreno Haines

September 2, 2025

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Remembering Black August from Prison: The Struggle Continues

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by Kwaneta Harris

August 22, 2025

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How Trump’s Policies Are Making Federal Prisons Even Worse

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by Katie Rose Quandt

July 21, 2025

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The Jailhouse Lawyer: Fighting Abuse and Forced Medication at Angola Prison

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by Calvin Duncan and Sophie Cull

July 15, 2025

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How Solitary Confinement Kills

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by Katie Rose Quandt

July 10, 2025

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Lockdowns, Violence, and “Barbaric Conditions” in a Brooklyn Federal Jail Known for Its Famous Detainees

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by Katie Rose Quandt and Maeve Brennan

June 30, 2025

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Beyond The Rainbow: Remembering Our Most Forgotten

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by Kwaneta Harris

June 26, 2025

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After Decades in Solitary, a Sliver of Light

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by Edward Tie

June 24, 2025

News & Features Ridgeway Reporting Project

Alabama Voters Banned Prison Slavery—But Prisoners Say It Hasn’t Stopped

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by Shaun Traywick

June 20, 2025

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Juneteenth to an Incarcerated American 

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by Juan Moreno Haines

June 19, 2025

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“Mama’s in the Hole”

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by Summer Knight and Kwaneta Harris

May 9, 2025

News & Features Ridgeway Reporting Project

Ending the “Last Vestiges of Slavery” in New York

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by Nicholas Brooks

May 2, 2025

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Witnessing the Solitary-to-Cemetery Pipeline

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by Kwaneta Harris

April 25, 2025

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When Freedom Still Feels Like Prison

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by Sania Tildon

April 4, 2025

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Surviving Solitary

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by Sania Tildon

April 4, 2025

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No Exit: Death and Despair in Texas’s “Double-Cell” Solitary Units

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by Jeremy Busby

March 31, 2025

News & Features Ridgeway Reporting Project

I Was an Incarcerated Nursing Assistant During Covid. This Is What I Saw.

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by Abraham Santiago

March 20, 2025

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Documentary “The Strike” Reveals the Humanity of People in Solitary Confinement—and the Possibility of Change

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by Francisco Rodriguez

March 13, 2025

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The Echo of Isolation: Women in Solitary Confinement in America, Past and Present

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by Kwaneta Harris

March 11, 2025

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Black History Month Is World History Always

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by Juan Moreno Haines and Knowledge Supreme Mind Jackson

February 25, 2025

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23:59

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by Kwaneta Harris

February 4, 2025

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In Texas Prisons, Digital Mail Further Isolates Those in Solitary Confinement

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by Sara Vogel

January 8, 2025

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Santa Was in Solitary and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella

December 24, 2024

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How Washington State Stifles the First Amendment for the Incarcerated

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by Christopher Blackwell

December 22, 2024

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Invisible Chains

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by Kwaneta Harris

December 19, 2024

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The Fight Against Solitary Confinement Must—and Will—Go On

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by Jean Casella and Juan Moreno Haines

November 12, 2024

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