Skip to content
SW logo
MENU
  • About
    • About Solitary Watch
    • Staff & Advisors
    • Internships & Volunteer Opportunities
    • Support SW
    • Contact
  • Resources
    • Solitary Confinement in the U.S.: The Facts (English, Spanish & French)
    • SW Fact Sheets
    • SW in Other Media Outlets
    • SW Reports: Calculating Torture: 2023 Count of People in Solitary
    • SW Reports: COVID-19 and Solitary
    • SW Reports: Louisiana On Lockdown
    • SW Book: Hell Is A Very Small Place (with Reading Guide)
    • Resources For Action
  • Projects
    • The Ridgeway Reporting Project
    • Lifelines to Solitary
    • Photo Requests From Solitary
  • Subscribe
  • Donate

Solitary Watch

Filters
  • News & Features
  • Voices from Solitary
  • Seven Days in Solitary
  • Projects

Florida

Elliott “Bud” Yorke, who is incarcerated at Florida’s Columbia Correctional Institution Annex at Lake City, was sent to solitary confinement on June 24. According to prison officials, he was placed in isolation for his own protection after corrections officers observed injuries suggesting that he had been assaulted. Aside from being two months shy of his 90th birthday, Yorke […]

News & Features

Ninety Years Old, Deaf, and in the Hole in a Florida Prison

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by Adelyn Baxter

July 10, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/6/2014]

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by Aviva Stahl

July 6, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/26/14]

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by Aviva Stahl

January 26, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Everyone Needs a Friend

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by Voices from Solitary

August 21, 2013

Voices from Solitary

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

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by Voices from Solitary

June 12, 2013

News & Features

Deaf Prisoners in Florida Face Abuse and Solitary Confinement

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

May 21, 2013

News & Features

Florida Bill Would Limit Use of Solitary Confinement on Children

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by Lisa Dawson

March 14, 2013

News & Features

Guarding the Fortresses: How Prison Policies Limit Media Access to Solitary Confinement

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by Rachel M. Cohen

March 5, 2013

News & Features

Solidarity and Solitary: When Unions Clash With Prison Reform

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 21, 2013

News & Features

The 2 Million Swing State Voters Who Won’t Be Voting Today

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

November 6, 2012

The Silent, Terrifying World of a Deaf Prisoner

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by James Ridgeway

December 20, 2011

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Letters from the Hole

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

October 10, 2010

News & Features

Prison Heat: Hunger Strike Highlights Summer’s Deadly Toll on U.S. Inmates

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

July 26, 2010

News & Features

Supreme Court Decision Limits Juvenile Life Without Parole (Within Limits)

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 17, 2010

News & Features

Live from Death Row: 3,600 Americans Waiting Alone to Die

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

April 15, 2010

News & Features

Ask Shamu: The U.S. Tortures Both Human and Animal Prisoners

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

March 16, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Charles P. Norman on “The Insanity of Solitary Confinement”

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by James Ridgeway

February 23, 2010

News & Features

Children in Lockdown: Solitary Confinement of Teens in Adult Prisons

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

January 30, 2010

News & Features

Children Sentenced to Die in Prison

Read Story Arrow pointing right

by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

January 30, 2010

Previous
  • 1
  • 4
Next

P.O. Box 11374
Washington, DC 20008

info@solitarywatch.org

Solitary Watch

  • Visit our facebook page
  • Visit our twitter page
  • Visit our instagram page
  • Visit our linkedin page
  • Visit our rss page

© Copyright 2025, Solitary Watch

Read about rights and permissions.

Creative Commons License