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On July 8 and 9, about a hundred solitary survivors, their families, activists, and scholars gathered in southern California to mark the tenth anniversary of one of the most important events in the history of prison activism: the 2013 hunger strike organized by men held in the supermax Pelican Bay State Prison, which quickly spread […]

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hunger strikes

Gathered to Mark Anniversary of Historic Prison Hunger Strike, Advocates Vow to End Solitary Confinement in California

Use of Solitary in Federal Prisons Increases Under Biden… and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Immigrant Detainees Went on Hunger Strike Against Intolerable Conditions and COVID Exposure. ICE Punished Them with Solitary Confinement.

Seven Days in Solitary [1/18/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/11/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/28/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/7/20]

The View from Badger Yard: Surviving in San Quentin with COVID-19

Voices from Solitary: Flipping the Script

Seven Days in Solitary [8/31/20]

“Man Down:” Left in the Hole at San Quentin During a Coronavirus Crisis

Seven Days in Solitary [6/22/20]

Fourteen Days in Solitary [6/8/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/25/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/18/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/4/20]

Voices from Solitary: Message from a Solitary Confinement Survivor for People Under Self-Quarantine

Seven Days in Solitary [4/13/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/3/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/27/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/20/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/2/18]

Prisons Use Solitary Confinement to Silence Strikers Nationwide—But Their Voices Have Been Heard

Seven Days in Solitary [9/23/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/2/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/19/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/12/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/15/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/1/18]