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Louisiana State Penitentiary Angola

New this week from Solitary Watch:  Rejon Taylor writes about the 16 years he lived in solitary confinement on death row in Louisiana before his sentence was commuted by President Joe Biden in December 2024. Less than a month later, President Trump issued an executive order calling for the increased use of the death penalty […]

Seven Days in Solitary

ICE Incarcerates Immigrants in Notorious Unit at Louisiana State Penitentiary Angola…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Samantha Santoro

September 10, 2025

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Louisiana’s Angola Prison to Reopen Unit Notorious for Solitary Confinement Abuses…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Surina Venkat

August 13, 2025

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The Jailhouse Lawyer: Fighting Abuse and Forced Medication at Angola Prison

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by Calvin Duncan and Sophie Cull

July 15, 2025

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Supreme Court Rejects Appeal of Man Held in Solitary for Years Without Exercise…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

November 15, 2023

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Can Architects Help End Solitary Confinement?

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by Nicole Capozziello

November 29, 2021

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Seven Days in Solitary [10/6/21]

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by Roxanne Barnes

October 6, 2021

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Six Weeks in Solitary [4/5/21]

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by Lizzie Kane

April 6, 2021

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Fourteen Days in Solitary [12/21/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 21, 2020

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Seven Days in Solitary [4/13/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

April 19, 2020

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Seven Days in Solitary [3/11/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

March 12, 2019

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Seven Days in Solitary [10/21/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 21, 2018

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

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by Valerie Kiebala and Jean Casella

October 1, 2018

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