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John Jay Powers, the author of this piece and a prolific prison writer, spent over twelve years isolated at the notorious ADX federal supermax facility in Florence, Colorado. The severity of the conditions in solitary confinement led him to develop critical mental health conditions and engage in dire acts of self-harm. Overall, Powers has spent […]

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Voices from Solitary: Solitary Sorrow

Seven Days in Solitary [6/11/2017]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/5/2017]

Senate Democrats Introduce Landmark Bill to Reform Solitary Confinement in Federal Prisons

Seven Days in Solitary [01/10/2016]

Irish Court Blocks Suspect’s Extradition to U.S., Citing Risk of Solitary Confinement

Seven Days in Solitary [5/3/15]

Voices from ADX: Living “Inside America’s Toughest Prison”

Voices from Solitary: Freedom Shares My Cell

Funding Approved for Activation of ADX/USP Thomson, New Federal Supermax Prison

ADX H-Unit on Hunger Strike, Prisoners Being Force-Fed

Far from Guantánamo, Torture Takes Root in American Soil

Voices from Solitary: Life in H-Unit, ADX Federal Supermax

Why Holder’s Pledge That Snowden “Will Not Be Tortured” Is a Lie

The Ten Worst Prisons in America

Profile of an ADX Prisoner: “Just Half Crazy And Trying To Hold On To The Other Half”

Federal Government Seeks Dismissal of Supermax Suicide Lawsuit

Voices from Solitary: “No Longer a Part of the World”

European Human Rights Court Rules Terror Suspects Can Be Extradited to U.S. Supermax

Beyond Guantánamo, There’s Long-Term Solitary Confinement in U.S. Prisons

Federal Lawsuit Challenges 27 Years of Supermax Confinement

America’s “Most Isolated Man” Sues the Bureau of Prisons