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This story is co-published with The Appeal. Alton Rodgers’s cellmate beat him repeatedly for a month before he died. On at least five occasions, Rodgers’s cellmate allegedly smashed Rodgers’s head against the concrete floor, walls, and other objects. According to the lawsuit that Rodgers’s family filed against the prison system, Rodgers, who was 6’3”, had […]

News & Features

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

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by Jeremy Busby

March 31, 2025

Seven Days in Solitary

Women in Solitary Speak Out on Sexual Abuse by Staff…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Djamilah Diabate

March 12, 2025

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: My Darkest Night in Solitary Gave Me the Strength to Fight Back 

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by Voices from Solitary

March 6, 2025

Voices from Solitary

Voices From Solitary: This Inhumane Project Called Solitary Confinement

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by Voices from Solitary

September 20, 2021

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Why Did They Choose Antonio?

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by Voices from Solitary

May 14, 2021

Ridgeway Reporting Project

How to Survive Supermax

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by Solitary Confinement Reporting Project

June 20, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/16/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 16, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/9/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 9, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/22/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

July 22, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/15/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

July 15, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/8/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

July 8, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/1/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

July 1, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/24/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

June 24, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/3/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

June 3, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/15/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

April 15, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/25/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

March 25, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/11/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

March 11, 2018

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