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Santa Was in Solitary and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

December 24, 2020December 24, 2020 Jean Casella and James Ridgeway
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This is one of the first posts we ever published on Solitary Watch, more than ten years ago, and we now share it with our readers every year. Once a year, we also ask you to consider supporting the work we do: shining a light on the darkest corners of our criminal justice system and bringing a glimmer of […]

Santa Was in Solitary and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

December 25, 2019December 25, 2019 Jean Casella and James Ridgeway
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This is one of the first posts we ever published on Solitary Watch, and we now share it with our readers every year. Once a year, we also ask you to consider supporting the work we do: shining a light on the darkest corners of our criminal justice system and bringing a glimmer of hope and human companionship to […]

Santa Was in Solitary and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

December 20, 2018December 20, 2018 Jean Casella and James Ridgeway
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This is one of the first posts we ever published on Solitary Watch, and we now share it with our readers every year. Once a year—and only once—we also ask you to consider supporting the work we do: shining a light on the darkest corners of our criminal justice system and bringing a glimmer of […]

Santa Was in Solitary and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

December 22, 2017 Jean Casella and James Ridgeway
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This post has become an annual tradition at Solitary Watch. To all our readers, warm wishes for the holidays. Special thanks to those who have helped (or plan to help) us shine a light on the darkness of solitary confinement by generously supporting our work. –Jean and Jim .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  […]

Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

December 22, 2016December 21, 2016 Jean Casella and James Ridgeway
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This post has become a Christmas tradition at Solitary Watch. To all our readers, warm wishes for the holidays. Special thanks to those who have helped (or plan to help) us bring a small ray of light into the darkness of solitary confinement by supporting our Lifelines to Solitary project. –Jean and Jim = = = = […]

Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

December 22, 2015December 23, 2015 Jean Casella and James Ridgeway
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This post has become a Christmas tradition at Solitary Watch. To all our readers, warm wishes for the holidays. Special thanks to those who have helped (or plan to help) us bring a small ray of light into the darkness of solitary confinement by supporting our Lifelines to Solitary project. –Jean and Jim = = = = […]

Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

December 24, 2014October 21, 2015 Jean Casella and James Ridgeway
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This post has become a Christmas tradition at Solitary Watch. To all our readers, warm wishes for the holidays. Special thanks to those who have helped (or plan to help) us bring a small ray of light into the darkness of solitary confinement by supporting our Lifelines to Solitary project. –Jim & Jean .  .  .  .  […]

Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

December 23, 2013December 23, 2013 Jean Casella and James Ridgeway
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This post has become a Christmas tradition at Solitary Watch. To all our readers, warm wishes for the holidays. Special thanks to those who have helped us bring a small ray of light into the darkness of solitary confinement by supporting our Lifelines to Solitary project. .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  […]

Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

December 24, 2012December 25, 2012 Jean Casella and James Ridgeway
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This post has become a Christmas tradition at Solitary Watch. To all our readers, warm wishes for the holidays. As Christmas is celebrated in Incarceration Nation, it’s worth remembering certain things about the two figures who dominate this holiday. As more than 3,000 Americans sit on death row, we revere the birth of a man who […]

Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

December 23, 2011 Jean Casella and James Ridgeway
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As Christmas is celebrated in Incarceration Nation, it’s worth remembering certain things about the two figures who dominate this holiday. As more than 3,000 Americans sit on death row, we revere the birth of a godly man who was arrested, “tried,” sentenced, and put to death by the state. The Passion is the story of […]

Easter As a Story of Criminal Injustice

April 25, 2011April 25, 2011 Jean Casella and James Ridgeway
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We missed this post yesterday, but it’s too good to pass up so we’re sharing it a day late. This is from Scott Henson’s Grits for Breakfast, which provides the blogosphere’s best coverage of the Texas criminal justice system.  Easter is strikingly filled with criminal justice themes, isn’t it? The Christian religion was essentially founded on a repudiation […]