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Death Row

For World Poetry Day, we feature a poem by Talha Ahsan, who is being held in pretrial solitary confinement in Northern Correctional Facility, a supermax prison in Connecticut. A British poet and translator, Ahsan was arrested at his family home in London in 2006 at the request of the United States government under the highly […]

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: TV Death Row

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by Voices from Solitary

March 21, 2014

News & Features

Torture on Death Row: Court Rules Against Automatic Use of Solitary Confinement for the Condemned

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by Aviva Stahl

March 17, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/9/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

March 9, 2014

News & Features

Way Down in the Hole: Senate Hearing Challenges Solitary Confinement for Some, But Not All

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by Jean Casella

March 5, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: A Day in the Life, Part II

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by Voices from Solitary

February 24, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/9/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

February 9, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/12/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

January 12, 2014

News & Features

Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 23, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/22/13]

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by Abby Taskier

December 22, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/17/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

November 17, 2013

News & Features

Videos Show Abuse of Mentally Ill in California Prisons

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by Lisa Dawson

October 4, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/28/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

July 28, 2013

News & Features

Fourteen Days in Solitary [7/7/13]

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 7, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “Death Row Diary” of Florida Man Scheduled to Die Tonight

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by Voices from Solitary

June 12, 2013

News & Features

Twenty Years After the Lucasville Uprising, Trying to Tell the Story

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

April 16, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: What Solitary Confinement Does to the Mind

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by Voices from Solitary

February 16, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Art from Tennessee’s Death Row

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by Voices from Solitary

January 20, 2013

News & Features

Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 24, 2012

News & Features

Mumia Abu-Jamal Challenges Death Row Solitary Confinement and Life Without Parole

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

September 16, 2012

News & Features

Solitary and Death Row Survivor Anthony Graves Speaks Out

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by Sal Rodriguez

June 22, 2012

News & Features

Report from Senate Hearing on Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 19, 2012

News & Features

Connecticut Votes to Replace the Death Penalty with Life in Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

April 12, 2012

News & Features

National and International Events Challenging Use of Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

March 1, 2012

News & Features

“Occupy” Prison Protests in California Oppose Use of Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 21, 2012

News & Features

Mumia Abu-Jamal Moved Off Death Row–and into Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

January 13, 2012

News & Features

Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 23, 2011

Texas Prepares to Execute Hank Skinner Without Testing DNA

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

November 7, 2011

News & Features

“On the Row, You Never See the Stars”: Oregon Prisoner Wants to Die to Escape Death Row

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by Sal Rodriguez

October 21, 2011

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Loneliness and Solitude

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by Sal Rodriguez

October 1, 2011

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