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Mental Illness

The following piece was written by Tashon Burke, a 28-year-old African American man struggling with mental illness, who estimates he has spent nearly eight years in solitary confinement throughout his incarceration. This past February, Burke was transferred from the Restricted Housing Unit (RHU) at SCI Houtzdale in Pennsylvania to the SCI Fayette Special Management Unit […]

Voices from Solitary

Mental Illness

Voices from Solitary: Satan’s Domain

Fourteen Days in Solitary [6/8/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/18/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/4/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [4/27/20]

Voices from Solitary: Coronavirus Panic in a Quarantined Washington State Prison

Local Jails Were Death Traps Even Before COVID-19. The Pandemic Demands Sweeping—and Permanent—Change.

Seven Days in Solitary [4/6/20]

Fourteen Days in Solitary [3/30/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [3/16/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [3/9/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [3/2/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/24/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/17/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/10/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/3/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/27/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/20/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/13/20]

Chicago Jail’s Quest to End Solitary Confinement Is a Work in Progress

A Watershed Year in the Movement to Stop Solitary Confinement

Seven Days in Solitary [12/30/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/23/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/9/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/2/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/25/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/18/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/11/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/4/19]