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Just published last week, Corridors of Contagion is a searing new book by Victoria Law, an author and freelance journalist focusing on the intersections of incarceration, gender, and resistance (and a contributor to Solitary Watch). Her previous books include Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women, Prison By Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences […]

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Physical Effects

Corridors of Contagion: How the Pandemic Exposed the Cruelties of Incarceration

America’s Most Isolated Federal Prisoner Describes 10,220 Days in Extreme Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary: Living in a California SHU

Voices from Solitary: Head Cases

Pope Francis Denounces Solitary Confinement, Calls for Prison Conditions That “Respect Human Dignity”

Hunger Strike in the Supermax: Pelican Bay Prisoners Protest Conditions in Solitary Confinement

Maine Prison Whistleblower Exiled and Isolated

A Suspicious (and Lonely) Death in Maine State Prison’s Lockdown Unit

Solitary Confinement Cells Have Become America’s New Asylums

ACLU Calls on U.N. Human Rights Official to Stop Teen’s Torture in Montana Prison

Groundbreaking New Report Exposes Impact of Solitary Confinement in Louisiana State Prisons

In San Quentin, Getting the Flu Can Land You in Solitary Confinement

AFSC Seeks Stories of Isolation and Torture in U.S. Prisons

Voices from Solitary: Gang “Validation” and Permanent Isolation in California Prisons

Voices from Solitary: Life on Level 3, Texas Death Row

Voices from Solitary: Charles P. Norman on “The Insanity of Solitary Confinement”

Voices from Solitary: Kenneth E. Hartman on “The Other Death Penalty”

Voices from Solitary: Life in a Pennsylvania Prison’s “Restricted Housing Unit”

Voices from Solitary: “What Prisoners Have…”

Voices from Solitary: “An Insane Asylum Disguised As an SMU”

Voices from Solitary: “Worse Than Angola”

Voices from Solitary: The Meaning of “Life”

Voices from Solitary: A Little Taste of “Freedom”

Voices from Solitary: Letters from the Hole

Voices from Solitary: Live from Lockdown

Voices from Solitary: “Home Sweet Home”

Voices from Solitary: Colorado Department of Corrections in Need of Correction

Voices from Solitary: “Beyond Inhumane”

Voices from Solitary: High Tech Brutality