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This essay contains discussions of suicide and self-harm. It is published in partnership with Scalawag, who works in solidarity with oppressed communities in the South to disrupt and shift the narratives that keep power and wealth in the hands of the few. Lynne (a pseudonym) jolts awake at 2 a.m. to a corrections officer banging […]

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The Weight of Watching: How Prisons Turn Traumatized Women Into Unpaid Crisis Workers

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by Kwaneta Harris

February 17, 2026

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After Exposing Prison Horrors for an Oscar-Nominated Film, Incarcerated Whistleblowers Are Moved to Solitary

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by Katie Rose Quandt

January 26, 2026

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/23/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 23, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/8/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

July 8, 2018

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Civil Rights Groups Demand Change for Transgender Women Held in Solitary in New York’s Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 19, 2014

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The 2 Million Swing State Voters Who Won’t Be Voting Today

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

November 6, 2012

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