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Solitary Watch is accepting proposals for grants to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated journalists, with the goal of expanding public awareness and understanding of solitary confinement and other dangerous or inhumane conditions of confinement in U.S. federal and state prisons, local and tribal jails, immigration detention centers, and juvenile facilities. Through the generosity of the Vital […]

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prison writing

Ridgeway Reporting Project Offers Grants to Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Journalists

Here in San Quentin, I See Why Solitary Confinement Must End

The Word: The Art of Changing Hearts and Minds on Solitary Confinement

In Prison, the Work of Journalism Is Challenging but Essential

The Word: In Prison, We Face Epidemics of Isolation and Neglect on Top of COVID-19

Voices from Solitary: Living on Deathwatch

Voices From Solitary: Positive Delusions

Inside the Underground Economy of Solitary Confinement

Seven Days in Solitary [10/27/21]

Back-to-School Resource: Reading/ Teaching Guide for “Hell Is a Very Small Place: Voices from Solitary Confinement”

“Ready to Return to Humanity” After 34 Years in Solitary Confinement

A Last Word on Solitary Confinement for 2020—and a Last Chance to Double Your Donation to Solitary Watch

Incarcerated Women Are Punished for Their Trauma With Solitary Confinement

The View from Badger Yard: Surviving in San Quentin with COVID-19

Digging Our Way Out of the Hole: Keeping Prisons Safe Without Solitary Confinement

Seven Days in Solitary [9/28/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/21/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/14/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/7/20]

Struggling to Survive at San Quentin: “We Are Dying in Here”

Voices from Solitary: What Starts in ADX Stays in ADX

“Man Down:” Left in the Hole at San Quentin During a Coronavirus Crisis

Seven Days in Solitary [5/11/20]

Three Ways to Reach Out to People in Actual Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary: Message from a Solitary Confinement Survivor for People Under Self-Quarantine

Seven Days in Solitary [4/20/20]

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

Raising Up the Uniquely Powerful Voices of Incarcerated Journalists

Seven Days in Solitary [10/14/19]