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Xandan (Britney Gulley) is a female-to-male trans person and writer who is incarcerated in Texas state prison. Xandan has been held in solitary confinement for over seven years due to his gender identity and as retribution for his published exposés that unveil the inhumane conditions that transgender prisoners face. Some of his articles can be […]

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Not Captured on Camera

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by Voices from Solitary

April 3, 2024

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/2/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

March 2, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/9/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 9, 2019

Voices from Solitary

Louisiana on Lockdown: Voices from Louisiana’s Solitary Confinement Cells

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by Voices from Solitary

September 17, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/15/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

April 15, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/14/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 14, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/7/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 7, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/4/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 4, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/21/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 21, 2018

News & Features

Chelsea Manning Faces Solitary Confinement for Reading Materials, Other Minor Infractions

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by Garrett Zehr

August 18, 2015

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Injury x Insult

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by Voices from Solitary

July 21, 2015

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/7/15]

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by Hallie Grossman

June 7, 2015

News & Features

Women in New York State Prisons Face Solitary Confinement and Shackling While Pregnant or Sick

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by Victoria Law

February 16, 2015

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: My Tranz Brothers and Sisters Are There, Boxed

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by Voices from Solitary

February 2, 2015

News & Features

“A Girl Hung Herself Yesterday”: Deaths in Custody at California Institution for Women

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by Victoria Law

November 5, 2014

News & Features

Civil Rights Groups Demand Change for Transgender Women Held in Solitary in New York’s Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 19, 2014

News & Features

Transgender Women in New York State Prisons Face Solitary Confinement and Sexual Assault

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by Aviva Stahl

August 7, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Cruel and Unusual Punishment for Transgender Women

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by Voices from Solitary

August 7, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/18/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

May 18, 2014

News & Features

On the Way to Solitary, Women in Massachusetts Jail Get Strip Searched and Videotaped

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by Victoria Law

May 15, 2014

News & Features

New ACLU Report Examines Devastating Impact of Solitary Confinement on Women

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by Victoria Law

April 24, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/20/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

April 20, 2014

News & Features

Women in Solitary Confinement: Buried Inside the Federal Prison System

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by Victoria Law

January 24, 2014

News & Features

Women in Solitary Confinement: Sent to Solitary for Reporting Sexual Assault

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by Victoria Law

December 12, 2013

News & Features

Women in Solitary Confinement: “The Isolation Degenerates Us Into Madness”

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by Victoria Law

December 11, 2013

News & Features

New Directive May Curtail Use of Solitary Confinement in Immigrant Detention

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 9, 2013

News & Features

Transgender Immigrant Detainees Locked in Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 7, 2012

News & Features

Abu Ghraib, California: Report Shows Brutal Abuse of Prisoners in LA County Jails

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 29, 2011

News & Features

Abu Ghraib on the Allegheny: Sexual and Physical Abuse at Pennsylvania Prison

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 28, 2011

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