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Angola Prison

New this week from Solitary Watch:  Solitary Watch reprinted an excerpt from Calvin Duncan and Sophie Cull’s powerful new book The Jailhouse Lawyer: Fighting Abuse and Forced Medication at Angola Prison. In the book, Duncan—who was wrongfully convicted at 19 years old and spent more than 28 years in Louisiana prisons—recounts his time at the […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Hunger Strikes Expose Brutal Conditions at Two State Prisons…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Surina Venkat

July 23, 2025

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Seven Days in Solitary [04/02/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

April 2, 2017

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Seven Days in Solitary [7/20/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

July 20, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: A Day in the Life, Part IV

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by Voices from Solitary

March 25, 2014

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Seven Days in Solitary [6/16/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

June 15, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: The Louder My Voice the Deeper They Bury Me

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by Lisa Dawson

April 11, 2013

News & Features

“God’s Own Warden”: Inside Angola Prison

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by James Ridgeway

July 28, 2011

News & Features

Amnesty International Calls for Angola 3’s Release from 40 Years of Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

June 7, 2011

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Our Father Who Art in Prison

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by James Ridgeway

June 21, 2010

News & Features

ACLU Gets One Angola Prisoner Released from Solitary

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

January 26, 2010

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