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Life Without Parole

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

Voices from Solitary: A Sentence Worse Than Death

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by Voices from Solitary

March 11, 2013

Voices from Solitary

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

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 5, 2011

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/17/22]

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by Mirilla Zhu

August 17, 2022

News & Features

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

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by James Ridgeway

April 24, 2015

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: A Day in the Life, Part II

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by Voices from Solitary

February 24, 2014

Voices from Solitary

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

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

May 19, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “Geezer in the Hole”

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

September 18, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Letters from the Hole

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

October 10, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: The Meaning of “Life”

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by Voices from Solitary

June 11, 2011

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: High Tech Brutality

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by Voices from Solitary

June 28, 2012

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Surviving the “Prison Within a Prison”

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by Voices from Solitary

July 28, 2012

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Growing Old in Isolation

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May 8, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Your Imagination, But My Reality

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by Voices from Solitary

May 25, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: American Supermax

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by Voices from Solitary

July 18, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Everyone Needs a Friend

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by Voices from Solitary

August 21, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: A Sentence Worse Than Death

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by Voices from Solitary

December 25, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Phantom Souls

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by Voices from Solitary

June 19, 2015

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: We Are All Animals

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by Voices from Solitary

October 9, 2015

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4.20.13]

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by Jean Casella

April 20, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/24/13]

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by Jean Casella

November 24, 2013

News & Features

Leaving CaƱon City

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

October 11, 2010

News & Features

Fortresses of Solitude (Part 1)

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 28, 2011

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Texas Lockdown: Solitary Confinement in the Lone Star State

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by Elisa Mosler

July 6, 2011

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Women in California Prison Isolation Units Face Overcrowding and Despair

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 1, 2013

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Fates Worse Than Death?

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 3, 2014

News & Features

Children Sentenced to Die in Prison

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

January 30, 2010

News & Features

Inside ADX Supermax: “A Bloody Nightmare”

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by Sal Rodriguez

September 12, 2013

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Voices from ADX: Living “Inside America’s Toughest Prison”

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 2, 2015

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“Cruel Isolation”: Amnesty International Report Blasts Conditions in Arizona’s Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 3, 2012

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