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Thomas Bartlett Whitaker‘s writing has been previously published on Solitary Watch (here and here); was selected for inclusion in our 2016 anthology Hell Is a Very Small Place; and received a grant from our Solitary Confinement Reporting Project in 2019. His work has also taken top prizes in the PEN Prison Writing Awards for both fiction and essay. Hundreds of pieces […]

Voices from Solitary

prison writing

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]

Book Bans Reveal What Prison Officials Ignore and What They Fear

Louisiana on Lockdown: The History of Solitary Confinement in Louisiana

Seven Days in Solitary [7/13/19]

14 Journalists Awarded Grants from the Solitary Confinement Reporting Project

Voices from Solitary: Solitary Sorrow