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This article was co-published by Truthout. In 2013, when I had been locked up in solitary confinement for 25 years, I wrote an essay entitled “A Sentence Worse Than Death,” which I’m told has been read by upwards of a million people to date. It describes what life was like in “the box” (the special […]

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I Will Choose Death Over Life Behind Bars Unless New York Changes Its Parole Laws

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by William Blake

April 28, 2026

Voices from Solitary

In Solitary on Rikers Island

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by Voices from Solitary

March 3, 2026

Seven Days in Solitary

NY Prisons Seek to Weaken Law Limiting Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

November 19, 2025

Seven Days in Solitary

Solitary Rates in ICE Detention Skyrocket Under Trump…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Samantha Santoro

September 24, 2025

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: An Elusive Victory

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by Voices from Solitary

August 7, 2025

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/23/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 23, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/19/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 19, 2020

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Seven Days in Solitary [8/31/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 1, 2020

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