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The following article is the latest piece supported by Solitary Watch’s Ridgeway Reporting Project, written by Abraham Santiago, now an Intensive Care Unit clinical technician, author, and advocate. In this piece, Santiago, who spent 20 years incarcerated in Connecticut’s prison system, reports from his personal experience working in the prison’s medical unit, risking his life to […]

News & Features Ridgeway Reporting Project

I Was an Incarcerated Nursing Assistant During Covid. This Is What I Saw.

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by Abraham Santiago

March 20, 2025

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: My Darkest Night in Solitary Gave Me the Strength to Fight Back 

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by Voices from Solitary

March 6, 2025

Seven Days in Solitary

Incarcerated Women Face Solitary for Reporting Sexual Abuse…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Francisco Rodriguez

November 6, 2024

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: At Attica, Hard Hearts and a Sliver of Hope

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by Voices from Solitary

March 12, 2024

Seven Days in Solitary

U.S. Prison Deaths Increased by 77% in Covid-19 Pandemic…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week  

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by Sara Vogel

December 7, 2023

Seven Days in Solitary

No Decrease in Solitary Use in Federal Prisons…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

September 20, 2023

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Everyday Torture

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by Voices from Solitary

August 2, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/17/21]

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by Lizzie Kane

May 19, 2021

News & Features

“I Hope Our Daughters Will Not Be Punished”

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

July 17, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/18/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

May 19, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/20/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 20, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/23/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 23, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/16/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 16, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/25/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 26, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/28/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 28, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/21/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 21, 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

SW Reports

Louisiana on Lockdown: The History of Solitary Confinement in Louisiana

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by Katie Rose Quandt

September 12, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/9/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 9, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/2/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 2, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/26/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

August 26, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/22/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

July 22, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/10/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

June 10, 2019

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: We Go Through Hell Here

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by Voices from Solitary

May 3, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/15/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

April 15, 2019

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: In My Demise (25 Years and Counting)

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by Voices from Solitary

March 21, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/4/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

March 4, 2019

News & Features

Behind the Pennsylvania Prison Lockdown: Public Health Crisis or Powerplay?

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 21, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/18/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 18, 2019

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