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Sara Kielly is an investigative journalist and jailhouse lawyer whose writing has been featured in Solitary Watch, Slate, New York Focus, and other outlets. As an Irish-American transgender woman incarcerated at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility in New York, she uses both her journalism and legal advocacy to expose the harms of solitary confinement and the […]

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: An Elusive Victory

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by Voices from Solitary

August 7, 2025

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: In Memoriam

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by Voices from Solitary

December 30, 2016

News & Features

Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 22, 2016

News & Features

Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 22, 2015

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Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 24, 2014

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“A Girl Hung Herself Yesterday”: Deaths in Custody at California Institution for Women

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by Victoria Law

November 5, 2014

News & Features

Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 23, 2013

News & Features

Women in Solitary Confinement: Sent to Solitary for Reporting Sexual Assault

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by Victoria Law

December 12, 2013

News & Features

Mandela in Solitary

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 7, 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: Growing Old in Isolation

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by Voices from Solitary

May 8, 2013

News & Features

Suicide in Solitary: The Life and Death of Armando Cruz (Part 1)

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by Sal Rodriguez

January 17, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: A Man’s Strength Behind a Steel Door

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by Voices from Solitary

September 8, 2012

News & Features

North Carolina Prisoners Launch Hunger Strike

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by Sal Rodriguez

August 1, 2012

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