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Having survived over two decades in solitary confinement, Jacob Barrett is currently incarcerated at Oregon State Correctional Institution for crimes committed when he first entered prison at nineteen years old. In addition to his work as an ADA Orderly, Barrett utilizes writing and drawing to document his three decades of incarceration in a multi-part series […]

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Crawling Out of the Darkness, Part 2

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by Voices from Solitary

May 23, 2025

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Crawling Out of the Darkness, Part 1

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by Voices from Solitary

May 22, 2025

News & Features

Witnessing the Solitary-to-Cemetery Pipeline

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by Kwaneta Harris

April 25, 2025

News & Features

When Freedom Still Feels Like Prison

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by Sania Tildon

April 4, 2025

News & Features

Surviving Solitary

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by Sania Tildon

April 4, 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

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: The Toll Isolation Takes

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by Voices from Solitary

February 21, 2025

Projects SW Fact Sheets

New Fact Sheet on Solitary Confinement in Immigration Detention Warns of Growth Under Trump

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by Jean Casella

February 6, 2025

Seven Days in Solitary

Men Were Held in “the Hole” Without Light or Heat in a Pennsylvania Prison…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Kilhah St Fort

December 26, 2024

Seven Days in Solitary

New York Mayor Sued for Blocking Solitary Confinement Ban…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week 

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by Kilhah St Fort

December 11, 2024

Seven Days in Solitary

Negligence in New Jersey Prison Led to Death at Christmas…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

December 27, 2023

Seven Days in Solitary

Hunger Strike in a Massachusetts Prison Targets Isolation and Abuse…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

October 26, 2023

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: What My Mother Doesn’t Know

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by Voices from Solitary

November 17, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/11/21]

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by Roxanne Barnes

August 13, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/17/21]

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by Lizzie Kane

May 19, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/10/21]

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by Lizzie Kane

May 10, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Fourteen Days in Solitary [12/21/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 21, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/6/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

April 10, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/5/17]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 5, 2017

News & Features

“Witness to Human Torture”: On Both Sides of the Prison Walls, Social Workers Confront Solitary Confinement

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 3, 2017

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Things I Always Carry With Me

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by Voices from Solitary

September 14, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [08/20/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

August 20, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [08/13/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

August 13, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/16/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

July 16, 2017

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/02/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

July 2, 2017

News & Features

Agreement Will Reduce Solitary Confinement of Mentally Ill in Oregon Prisons

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by Sal Rodriguez

January 19, 2016

News & Features

Seven Days in Solitary [12/27/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

December 27, 2015

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/12/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

April 12, 2015

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/8/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

February 8, 2015

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