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This essay by John Jay Powers was published by the Colorado Independent, with the following introductory note by editor Susan Greene. Greene has corresponded with Powers for years, and included him in her multimedia investigation of solitary confinement, The Gray Box. “Jack Powers is an inmate in the federal Bureau of Prisons convicted of bank robbery and escaping from prison. […]

Voices from Solitary

Civil Liberties/Civil Rights

Voices from Solitary: “Finally Out and Among the Living”

“This Draconian System of Punishment and Abuse”: An Interview with Ray Luc Levasseur

Seven Days in Solitary [11/24/13]

Federal Bureau of Prisons Details Plans for Limited “Audit” of Solitary Confinement Practices

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

In States That “Reduce” Their Use of Solitary Confinement, Suffering Continues for Those Left Behind

Seven Days in Solitary [11/10/13]

New Report Criticizes Use of Solitary Confinement in New Mexico Prisons and Jails

Reports Condemn Solitary Confinement in New York City’s Jails, As Officials Weigh Its Future

Seven Days in Solitary [11/3/13]

One Month After Historic Hunger Strike, California Lawmakers Hold Hearings on Solitary Confinement

Seven Days in Solitary [10/13/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/6/13]

Videos Show Abuse of Mentally Ill in California Prisons

After 41 Years in Solitary, a Dying Herman Wallace Has His Conviction Overturned—-and Is Freed

Federal Appeals Court Considers Tommy Silverstein’s 30 Years in Extreme Solitary Confinement

New Directive May Curtail Use of Solitary Confinement in Immigrant Detention

Seven Days in Solitary [9/8/13]

California Prison Hunger Strike Ends After 60 Days

California Prison Hunger Strikers to Be Force-Fed

The Use of Isolation in U.S. Prisons: A Human Rights Issue

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

Seven Days in Solitary [7/28/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/21/13]

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

Fourteen Days in Solitary [7/7/13]

Angola 3’s Herman Wallace, Gravely Ill, Still Held in Isolation

Voices from Solitary: 13.5 Square Feet

Seven Days in Solitary [6/16/13]