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Eastern State Penitentiary

Photo Requests from Solitary (PRFS) is an ongoing project hosted by Solitary Watch that invites men and women held in solitary confinement to request a photograph of anything at all, real or imagined, and then finds an artist to make the image. The astonishing range of requests includes “the freestanding columns at the Great Temple of Amun, […]

Photo Requests from Solitary

“Photo Requests from Solitary” Comes to Philadelphia’s Eastern State Penitentiary

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by Jean Casella

April 30, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/23/2015]

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by Garrett Zehr

August 23, 2015

Seven Days in Solitary

Fourteen Days in Solitary [12/21/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 21, 2020

News & Features

Charles Dickens on Solitary Confinement: “Immense Torture and Agony”

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by Jean Casella

February 27, 2010

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