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In 2021, after 34 years of living in solitary confinement in New York state prisons, William Blake was released into general population. Solitary Watch first encountered Blake, now 60, back in 2013, when we published his essay “A Sentence Worse Than Death.” The essay received more than half a million hits on this site alone, […]

Voices from Solitary

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

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

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

Voices from Solitary: Everyday Torture

Seven Days in Solitary [5/17/21]

“I Hope Our Daughters Will Not Be Punished”

Seven Days in Solitary [5/18/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/20/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/23/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/16/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/25/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/28/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/21/19]

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

Louisiana on Lockdown: The History of Solitary Confinement in Louisiana

Seven Days in Solitary [9/9/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/2/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/26/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/22/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/10/19]

Voices from Solitary: We Go Through Hell Here

Seven Days in Solitary [4/15/19]

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

Seven Days in Solitary [3/4/19]

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

Seven Days in Solitary [2/18/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/11/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/28/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/7/19]