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The title of this piece is the title of a cover story in the latest issue of America: The National Catholic Review, written by Solitary Watch Reporter/Researcher Katie Rose Quandt. An excerpt follows; you can read the full piece on the America website. Brian Nelson spent 12 years of his life staring at four concrete […]

News & Features

We Are One Body: Catholics Raise Voices Against Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 14, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “Extradition”

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by Voices from Solitary

May 13, 2013

News & Features

The Art of Activism: Closing Tamms Supermax

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 6, 2013

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To See or Not to See: Capturing Herman Wallace’s 41 Years in Solitary

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

April 17, 2013

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Twenty Years After the Lucasville Uprising, Trying to Tell the Story

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

April 16, 2013

News & Features

Guarding the Fortresses: How Prison Policies Limit Media Access to Solitary Confinement

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by Rachel M. Cohen

March 5, 2013

News & Features

Journalists Barred from Prison Isolation Units

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by James Ridgeway

March 5, 2013

News & Features

As Washington State Prisons Begin Reforms, 800 Remain in Solitary Confinement

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by Sal Rodriguez

January 16, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Picturing Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

November 20, 2012

News & Features

Portrait of a Prison Whistleblower—and His Punishment

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

September 13, 2012

News & Features

The “Torture of Isolation” Gains Media Attention

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 27, 2012

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Solitary and Death Row Survivor Anthony Graves Speaks Out

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by Sal Rodriguez

June 22, 2012

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California Bill Would Lift Media Ban on Access to Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 13, 2012

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Behind Enemy Lines

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by Voices from Solitary

June 9, 2012

News & Features

Solitary Watchers Named 2012 Soros Justice Fellows

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

June 3, 2012

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Solitary Confinement in New York (and in the New York Times)

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

March 22, 2012

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“The Gray Box”: Upcoming New York Event on Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella

March 9, 2012

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Illinois Governor Proposes Closing Controversial Tamms Supermax Prison

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 22, 2012

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How Many Prisoners Are in Solitary Confinement in the United States?

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 1, 2012

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California Bill Would Increase Media Access to Prisoners

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

January 6, 2012

News & Features

Storm Over Rikers: Evacuating New York’s Island Jail

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

October 31, 2011

Voices from Solitary

Voices From Solitary: Pelican Bay Hunger Strike Was “the Only Way to Get the Word Out” About Prison Abuses

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by Sal Rodriguez

September 6, 2011

City Responds on Emergency Plans for Rikers Island

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 31, 2011

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Washington Post Takes a Stand Against the “Invisible Brutality That Is Solitary Confinement”

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

August 22, 2011

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New from Solitary Watch: Original Videos on Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

August 16, 2011

News & Features

New York Times Heeds a Cry from the Depths of Pelican Bay Prison

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 2, 2011

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“God’s Own Warden”: Inside Angola Prison

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by James Ridgeway

July 28, 2011

News & Features

A Hunger for Justice in Pelican Bay

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

July 27, 2011

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Letter from a California Prison Hunger Striker

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by Sal Rodriguez

July 24, 2011

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