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Books and other reading materials are of special value to people held in solitary confinement. They provide an opening to the world beyond their four gray walls, a connection to the thoughts, words, ideas, feelings, experiences, and insights of other human beings that, for a time, can relieve the endless isolation and boredom of solitary. In […]

News & Features

Book Bans Reveal What Prison Officials Ignore and What They Fear

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by Vaidya Gullapalli

September 26, 2019

SW Reports

Louisiana on Lockdown: The History of Solitary Confinement in Louisiana

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by Katie Rose Quandt

September 12, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/13/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

July 15, 2019

Ridgeway Reporting Project

14 Journalists Awarded Grants from the Solitary Confinement Reporting Project

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by Jean Casella

April 9, 2019

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Solitary Sorrow

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by Voices from Solitary

March 8, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/18/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 18, 2018

Voices from Solitary

New Guide to Yoga and Meditation Written by and for People in Solitary Confinement

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by Voices from Solitary

October 8, 2018

Voices from Solitary

Voices From Solitary: Resurrection

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by Voices from Solitary

May 31, 2018

Voices from Solitary

Voices From Solitary: The Freedom I Feel in My Heart and Mind

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by Voices from Solitary

April 10, 2018

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Reprieve

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 22, 2018

News & Features

Five Unforgettable Stories From Inside Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

November 27, 2017

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Sad Flutes

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by Voices from Solitary

October 21, 2016

News & Features

Writer in Solitary Confinement Is Barred from Reading His Own Book

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by Sarah Blatt-Herold

September 20, 2016

Voices from Solitary

Voices From Solitary: The War of All Against All

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by Voices from Solitary

July 27, 2016

SW Book

Now Available—Our New Book: The First Collection of Voices from Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 4, 2016

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: A Sentence Worse Than Death

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by Voices from Solitary

December 25, 2014

News & Features

News from the Hole: The Words of People in Solitary Confinement in America’s Prisons

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by James Ridgeway

September 4, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Letters from the Hole

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

October 10, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Oscar Wilde’s Cry from the Depths

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 27, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Charles P. Norman on “The Insanity of Solitary Confinement”

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by James Ridgeway

February 23, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Coyote Calling

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

January 24, 2010

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