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• TIME reports that the Department of Justice undercounted nearly 1,000 deaths in United States prisons and jails during the last fiscal year. At a congressional hearing on the matter, Vanessa Fano testified about how her brother Jonathan died by suicide in 2017 after being placed in an isolation cell in East Baton Rouge Parish […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Angola

Seven Days in Solitary [9/28/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/31/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/17/22]

Voices from Solitary: New Memoir by Wilbert Rideau

Voices from Solitary: I Spent 16 Months in Solitary Confinement, and Now I’m Fighting to End It

A Fortnight in Solitary [5/17/2015]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/13/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [4/6/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/25/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/21/20]

Louisiana Sues Its Own Death Row Prisoners

Lawsuits Challenge the Cruelty of Decades in Solitary Confinement on Death Row

Members of Congress Call for Investigation of Louisiana’s Use of Solitary Confinement, Treatment of Angola 3

At Louisiana’s Angola Prison, Lawsuit Claims, the Sick Face Neglect, Isolation, and Death

Angola Prison May Close Lockdown Unit–But Vows to Keep Inmates in Isolation

The Mark of Cain: God and Man at Angola Prison

A Louisiana Inmate’s Death Wish