Voices from Solitary: Waking Nightmares

April 22, 2012November 1, 2015 Voices from Solitary

Incarcerated for over 17 years, “Mysterious Offender” (M.O.) has spent over 16 of those years in isolation units in Oregon, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. Corresponding with Solitary Watch for nearly 4 months, he has recounted his 12-year incarceration in Oregon’s isolation units. He has said he suffers “significant impairment from isolation.” The following is a […]

Solitary Confinement in New York (and in the New York Times)

March 22, 2012November 1, 2015 Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

The issue of solitary confinement in U.S. prisons has lately received prominent coverage in the New York Times. First, a front page article ran on March 10 with the (somewhat overly optimistic) title “Prisons Rethink Isolation, Saving Money, Lives and Sanity.” The article touched on the troubled history and harmful effects of solitary confinement, and […]

Solitary Watch

By Vaidya Gullapalli | July 7, 2021

prison isolation

Voices from Solitary: Waking Nightmares

Solitary Confinement in New York (and in the New York Times)