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New this week from Solitary Watch: The latest entry in our Voices from Solitary series features excerpts from the new book Unit 29: Writings from Parchman Prison. Including the work of more than 30 incarcerated individuals, the volume depicts the gritty reality of life at Mississippi State Penitentiary, also known as the Parchman Farm. Following […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Incarcerated Writer Held in Solitary in Texas…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week 

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by Kilhah St Fort

January 22, 2025

Seven Days in Solitary

Solitary in Texas Is “a Slaughterhouse for Souls”…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Abigail Gorman

July 5, 2023

News & Features

Solitary Confinement Out of Control in Florida Prisons

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by Jack Denton

March 29, 2016

News & Features

“Sick and in Solitary” on Rikers Island

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 6, 2013

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Mentally Ill Man Dies, Injured and Alone, in a Tulsa Jail Cell

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

November 5, 2012

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No Charges in Maine Prison Death

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

November 4, 2010

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Lockdown Fuels “Cycle of Violence” at Federal Prison

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 22, 2010

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