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The following essay is by William Blake. In 1987, Blake, then 23 and in county court on a drug charge, grabbed a gun from a sheriff’s deputy in a failed escape attempt, murdering one deputy and wounding another. He was sentenced to 77 years to life. The New York State prison system, classifying him as […]

Voices from Solitary

Eighth Amendment

Voices from Solitary: A Sentence Worse Than Death

Men Were Held in “the Hole” Without Light or Heat in a Pennsylvania Prison…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Supreme Court Rejects Appeal of Man Held in Solitary for Years Without Exercise…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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

American Outcasts: U.S. Prisons and Modern Day Banishment

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

ACLU Calls on U.N. Human Rights Official to Stop Teen’s Torture in Montana Prison

Voices from Solitary: Kenneth E. Hartman on “The Other Death Penalty”

Voices from Solitary: Supermaxed Out in Colorado

Voices from Solitary: Letter from a Pelican Bay Hunger Striker

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

Brandon Green, Chronicler of Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary: “You Are Solitary Confinement”

Voices from Solitary: 13.5 Square Feet

Voices from Solitary: Analyzing Isolation, Part I

Voices from Solitary: Cruel and Unusual Punishment for Transgender Women

Seven Days in Solitary [10/6/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/13/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/22/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/19/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/8/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/27/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [3/12/2017]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/8/2017]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/29/17]

Fortresses of Solitude (Part 1)

Fortresses of Solitude (Part 2)

Louisiana Sues Its Own Death Row Prisoners

Fates Worse Than Death?