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

March 21, 2019March 25, 2019 Voices from Solitary

The following piece was written by LaDon Sean, who has been incarcerated in Michigan state prisons since 1993, serving a sentence of life without parole for felony murder. Sean says he was convicted of “aiding and abetting” a robbery attempt in which someone was killed, though he maintains he possessed no weapons during the incident. The Miller v. […]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/21/19]

January 21, 2019 Valerie Kiebala

California Prisons - Solitary Confinement 7Days

• On January 16, Paul Ford died in his solitary cell at Kilby Prison, the second incarcerated person in the custody of Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) to commit suicide this year. Although Ford had been diagnosed with a mood disorder and had attempted suicide several times before while in prison, his mental health screening for placement […]

Solitary Watch

By Voices from Solitary | September 17, 2019

Miller v. Alabama

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

Seven Days in Solitary [1/21/19]