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The following article about the Covid-19 contagion inside San Quentin State Prison was originally published on June 30, and reflected co-author Juan Moreno Haines’s unique access as an incarcerated journalist. Haines, a Solitary Watch Contributing Writer, is a Senior Editor at the San Quentin News. In addition to this article, he described his experience as […]

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How Not to Fight a Prison Pandemic [Update]

No Touching Allowed for Many LGBTQ+ People in Prison

How Not to Fight a Prison Pandemic

Seven Days in Solitary [1/7/17]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/26/17]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/11/2016]

In Landmark Settlement, Solitary Confinement to Be Dramatically Reduced in California Prisons

Seven Days in Solitary [4/05/2015]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/8/2015]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/3/2014]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/20/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/22/14]

Voices from Solitary: Playing “The Con Game” at Pelican Bay

Seven Days in Solitary [3/23/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/16/14]

Videos Show Abuse of Mentally Ill in California Prisons

Seven Days in Solitary [7/14/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/16/13]

California Assembly Reviews Solitary Confinement Policies As Prisoners Threaten New Hunger Strike

Prisoners in Solitary Confinement in California Respond to Prison Policy Reforms

Family of California Prisoner Who Died on Hunger Strike Speaks Out

Update: Prisoner Dies During Hunger Strike at California’s Corcoran State Prison

California Considers New Rules for Solitary Confinement in State Prisons

Voices from Solitary: Christmas in the Hole, 1968

Voices from Solitary: “There Must Never Be A Time When We Fail To Protest”

California Department of Corrections Threatens Prison Hunger Strikers, Bans Lawyers

Roundup of Testimony from California Assembly Hearing on Solitary Confinement

The Truth About Solitary Confinement in California

California Teachers Union Letter of Support for Educational Programming in Solitary Confinement