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Voices from Solitary

Dispatches from People Surviving the Lived Experience of Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Ray Luc Levasseur on Life in ADX

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

June 19, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Oscar Wilde’s Cry from the Depths

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 27, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Life in a Pennsylvania Prison’s “Restricted Housing Unit”

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

June 30, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “What Prisoners Have…”

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

July 4, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Supermaxed Out in Colorado

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 1, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Gang “Validation” and Permanent Isolation in California Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 7, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Life on Level 3, Texas Death Row

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

August 8, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “Geezer in the Hole”

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

September 18, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: A Little Taste of “Freedom”

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

September 27, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Katfish on Life in “The Bucket”

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 5, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Letters from the Hole

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

October 10, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “Home Sweet Home”

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

October 16, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “Worse Than Angola”

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 5, 2011

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Imprisoned in the First Control Unit for Women

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 26, 2011

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Lane Nelson on Angola’s Death Row

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

March 5, 2011

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Live from Lockdown

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

March 20, 2011

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “Destroyed Souls”

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

April 10, 2011

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Colorado Department of Corrections in Need of Correction

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 30, 2011

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: A Mother’s Story

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 14, 2011

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “An Insane Asylum Disguised As an SMU”

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

May 22, 2011

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: The Meaning of “Life”

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by Voices from Solitary

June 11, 2011

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Letter from a Pelican Bay Hunger Striker

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 1, 2011

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Letter from a California Prison Hunger Striker

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 24, 2011

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Welcome to Supermax

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 19, 2011

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “Injustice Anywhere Is a Threat to Justice Everywhere”

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by Sal Rodriguez

August 23, 2011

Voices from Solitary

Voices From Solitary: Pelican Bay Hunger Strike Was “the Only Way to Get the Word Out” About Prison Abuses

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by Sal Rodriguez

September 6, 2011

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