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New York State Prisons

The following essay is by William Blake. In 1987, Blake, then 23 and in county court on a drug charge, grabbed a gun from a sheriff’s deputy in a failed escape attempt, murdering one deputy and wounding another. He was sentenced to 77 years to life. The New York State prison system, classifying him as […]

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: A Sentence Worse Than Death

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by Voices from Solitary

March 11, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/16/2022]

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by Caitlin Konya

November 16, 2022

News & Features

New York’s Oldest Supermax Prison Closes as State Prepares to Implement Law Limiting Solitary Confinement

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by Victoria Law

March 11, 2022

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “You Are Solitary Confinement”

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by Voices from Solitary

May 1, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Your Imagination, But My Reality

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by Voices from Solitary

May 25, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: The Loneliest Place in the World

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by Voices from Solitary

June 3, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Welcome to the SHU

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by Voices from Solitary

November 16, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Double Celling

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by Voices from Solitary

April 16, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Cruel and Unusual Punishment for Transgender Women

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by Voices from Solitary

August 7, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: At War With My Own Self

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by Voices from Solitary

September 30, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: A Mouse and a Murderer

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by Voices from Solitary

October 7, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Is It Normal to Think That?

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by Voices from Solitary

November 15, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: My Tranz Brothers and Sisters Are There, Boxed

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by Voices from Solitary

February 2, 2015

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Injury x Insult

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by Voices from Solitary

July 21, 2015

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: A Second-by-Second Attack on Your Soul

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by Voices from Solitary

August 4, 2015

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Solitary Is a Living Death

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by Voices from Solitary

June 21, 2016

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Sent to Solitary Confinement for Being Disabled

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by Voices from Solitary

June 27, 2017

Voices from Solitary

“Ready to Return to Humanity” After 34 Years in Solitary Confinement

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by Voices from Solitary

March 29, 2021

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: What My Mother Doesn’t Know

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by Voices from Solitary

November 17, 2021

News & Features

Transgender Women in New York State Prisons Face Solitary Confinement and Sexual Assault

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by Aviva Stahl

August 7, 2014

News & Features

How the New Settlement Will—and Will Not—Change Solitary Confinement in New York’s Prisons (Redux)

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by Jean Casella

April 4, 2016

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How the Landmark Settlement Will—and Will Not—Change Solitary Confinement in New York’s Prisons  

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by Jean Casella

December 18, 2015

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Writer in Solitary Confinement Is Barred from Reading His Own Book

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by Sarah Blatt-Herold

September 20, 2016

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Suicidal in Solitary

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by James Ridgeway and Katie Rose Quandt

April 5, 2017

News & Features

New York Supermax

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by Victoria Law

December 14, 2017

News & Features

“I Watch the Roaches and I Envy Them.” After 34 Years, Billy Blake Is Released from Solitary Confinement in New York

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by Vaidya Gullapalli

July 7, 2021

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New York State Passes the Nation’s Strongest Anti-Solitary Legislation

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by Veronica Riccobene

April 2, 2021

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Widespread Brutality and Solitary Confinement Followed New York Prison Escape, Report Finds

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by Julia Hettiger

June 21, 2016

News & Features

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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