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Patrick Irving, 41, has been in Administrative Segregation, a form of solitary confinement, at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution in Kuna for two years. His writing is published on the website Book of Irving #82431. In March of 2021, Irving was invited to speak at the Idaho Law Review Symposium. He gave his video presentation […]

Voices from Solitary

Voices From Solitary: Among the Blood of Last Year’s June

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by Voices from Solitary

January 20, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/18/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

May 19, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/25/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

May 26, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/25/21]

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by Lizzie Kane

January 28, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/8/21]

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by Lizzie Kane

February 9, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/22/21]

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by Lizzie Kane

February 22, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Six Weeks in Solitary [4/5/21]

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by Lizzie Kane

April 6, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/10/21]

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by Lizzie Kane

May 10, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/17/21]

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by Lizzie Kane

May 19, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/7/21]

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by Annalena Wolcke

June 14, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/1/21]

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by Lizzie Kane

February 1, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/13/21]

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by Roxanne Barnes

October 14, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/20/21]

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by Roxanne Barnes

October 20, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/18/21]

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by Roxanne Barnes

August 19, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/25/21]

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by Roxanne Barnes

August 25, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/1/21]

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by Roxanne Barnes

September 5, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/9/21]

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by Roxanne Barnes

September 12, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Fourteen Days in Solitary [12/29/21]

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by Roxanne Barnes

December 29, 2021

News & Features

Local Jails Were Death Traps Even Before COVID-19. The Pandemic Demands Sweeping—and Permanent—Change.

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by Jean Casella and Katie Rose Quandt

April 13, 2020

News & Features

As COVID-19 Spreads Through Prisons, Solitary Confinement Is Used to Punish Whistleblowers and Suppress Protests

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by Valerie Kiebala and Katie Rose Quandt

May 5, 2020

News & Features

Despite Harsh Lockdowns, Nearly Half of Women in Massachusetts Prisons Caught the Coronavirus

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by Shabnam Danesh

June 23, 2020

News & Features

“Man Down:” Left in the Hole at San Quentin During a Coronavirus Crisis

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by Juan Moreno Haines

July 7, 2020

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At San Quentin, the Response to COVID-19 Brings More Isolation and Suffering to People with Mental Illness

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by Juan Moreno Haines

February 11, 2021

News & Features

As Black Lives Matter Protests Mounted, Federal Prisons Went on Lockdown—and Their Staffs Were Deployed to the Streets

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by Carter Deane

July 21, 2020

News & Features

At San Quentin, a Desperate Man Goes on Hunger Strike to Protest Conditions in a COVID-19 Isolation Unit

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by Juan Moreno Haines

August 10, 2020

News & Features

In New York’s State Prisons, One Night in Solitary Can Derail an Education

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by Alexandra Gibbons

November 20, 2020

News & Features

How Not to Fight a Prison Pandemic [Update]

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by Juan Moreno Haines and Katie Rose Quandt

December 8, 2021

News & Features

Why Lockdowns Can’t Protect People in Prison From Deadly Viruses

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by Annalena Wolcke

June 15, 2021

News & Features

How Not to Fight a Prison Pandemic

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by Juan Moreno Haines and Katie Rose Quandt

June 30, 2021

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