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Thomas Silverstein, who has been described as America’s “most isolated man,” has been held in an extreme form of solitary confinement under a “no human contact” order for 28 years. Originally imprisoned for armed robbery at the age of 19, Silverstein is serving life without parole for killing two fellow prisoners (whom he says were threatening his […]

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Due Process

America’s Most Isolated Federal Prisoner Describes 10,220 Days in Extreme Solitary Confinement

Seven Days in Solitary [4/13/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/23/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/14/18]

Hunger Strike in the Supermax: Pelican Bay Prisoners Protest Conditions in Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary: Gang “Validation” and Permanent Isolation in California Prisons

Voices from Solitary: Letters from the Hole

Voices from Solitary: The Meaning of “Life”

Voices from Solitary: Katfish on Life in “The Bucket”

Voices from Solitary: Colorado Department of Corrections in Need of Correction

Voices from Solitary: Letter from Calipatria Prison Hunger Strikers

Voices from Solitary: Hank Skinner’s Dispatches from Texas Death Row

Voices from Solitary: Message from the Father of a California Prison Hunger Striker

Voices From Solitary: Pelican Bay Hunger Strike Was “the Only Way to Get the Word Out” About Prison Abuses

Voices from Solitary: A Lose-Lose Situation

Voices from Solitary: “The SHU Is California’s Equivalent of Waterboarding”

Voices from Solitary: “Suicide Is Preferable to Long-Term Segregation”

Voices from Solitary: American Supermax

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

Voices from Solitary: Hunger Strike in Menard Prison

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

Voices from Solitary, Analyzing Isolation, Part II

Voices from Solitary: Testimony of a Jailhouse Lawyer

Seven Days in Solitary [1/12/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/17/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/19/17]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/17/17]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/24/17]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/25/18]