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New this week from Solitary Watch: • In an essay in our Voices from Solitary series, Cesar Villa offers a searing account of living in prolonged solitary confinement in a Security Housing Unit, or SHU, at California’s notorious Pelican Bay State Prison. “We’re only here to die. The prison administration is paid to put us down. […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/5/22]

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by Caitlin Konya

October 5, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/19/22]

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by Caitlin Konya

October 19, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/13/22]

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by Valentina Flores

July 14, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/12/22]

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by Mirilla Zhu

October 12, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/28/22]

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by Mirilla Zhu

September 28, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/7/22]

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by Caitlin Konya

September 8, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/13/22]

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by Mirilla Zhu

September 14, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/20/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

July 20, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/6/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

July 6, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/29/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

June 29, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/30/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

March 30, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/25/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

May 25, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/15/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

June 15, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/11/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

May 11, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days In Solitary [4/13/22]

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by Mirilla Zhu

April 13, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/23/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 23, 2018

Photo Requests from Solitary

“Photo Requests from Solitary” Comes to the Brooklyn Public Library

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by Jean Casella

March 27, 2019

Ridgeway Reporting Project

14 Journalists Awarded Grants from the Solitary Confinement Reporting Project

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by Jean Casella

April 9, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/9/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

February 9, 2022

Ridgeway Reporting Project

Inside the Underground Economy of Solitary Confinement

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by Solitary Confinement Reporting Project

February 24, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/23/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

March 23, 2022

Photo Requests from Solitary

“Photo Requests from Solitary” Comes to New York

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by Victoria Law

September 19, 2017

Photo Requests from Solitary

What They Wanted to See: Images for People in Solitary Confinement

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by Valerie Kiebala

June 13, 2019

Ridgeway Reporting Project

In New York, Few Resources for Solitary Confinement Survivors After Prison

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by Solitary Confinement Reporting Project

February 8, 2021

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Disciplined Into Madness and Death

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by Voices from Solitary

February 18, 2013

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: The Loneliest Place in the World

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by Voices from Solitary

June 3, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Solitary Confinement’s Invisible Scars

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by Voices from Solitary

October 31, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Welcome to the SHU

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by Voices from Solitary

November 16, 2013

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