Solitary Watch

Ohio State Penitentiary

Sean Swain is has served 22 years of a 20-to-life sentence for a murder he maintains was committed in self-defense. He has done many long stints in solitary confinement, and is currently being held at the supermax Ohio State Penitentiary in Youngstown. A self-proclaimed anarchist, he has twice run for governor of Ohio from his prison cell. […]

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “This Massive Mind-Fuck Machine”

by Voices from Solitary

January 5, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/15/2015]

November 17, 2015

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [08/27/2017]

August 27, 2017

News & Features

Prisons Use Solitary Confinement to Silence Strikers Nationwide—But Their Voices Have Been Heard

by Valerie Kiebala and Jean Casella

October 1, 2018

News & Features

Prisoners in Solitary Confinement in Ohio Stage Two-Week Hunger Strike

by Hannah Taleb

June 5, 2012

News & Features

At Ohio’s Supermax Prison, a Hunger Strike Ends But Extreme Isolation Remains

by Vaidya Gullapalli

April 21, 2015

News & Features

Ohio Prisoners Go on Hunger Strike for Transfer from Solitary to Death Row

by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

January 5, 2011