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The following article was published on Wednesday on The Intercept. It was written with the support of a fellowship from the Alicia Patterson Foundation. In 1986, Patty Prewitt was sent to prison for the murder of her husband. In addition to maintaining her innocence, she, like many others her age, has also been a model […]

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American Outcasts: U.S. Prisons and Modern Day Banishment

Prisons’ Use of Solitary Confinement Explodes with the COVID-19 Pandemic, While Advocates Push for Alternatives

Off the Block

Santa Was in Solitary and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

Voices from Solitary: On Solitary Confinement and Finding Humanity

Voices from Solitary: Loneliness and Faith at Christmastime

Voices from Solitary: Freedom Shares My Cell

Three Ways to Reach Out to People in Actual Solitary Confinement

Seven Days in Solitary [4.12.13]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/8/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/22/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/26/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/18/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/8/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/7/15]

Women in Solitary Confinement: “The Isolation Degenerates Us Into Madness”

Journalists Barred from Prison Isolation Units

New Federal Supermax Prison Will Double Capacity for Extreme Solitary Confinement

Prison Watchdog Says Solitary Confinement in Canada Is “Out of Control”

Presidential Prison Politics

Trump Wants to Bring Back Torture. For Thousands of Americans, It Never Went Away.

As COVID-19 Spreads Through Prisons, Solitary Confinement Is Used to Punish Whistleblowers and Suppress Protests

Aging Alone: Uncovering the Risk of Solitary Confinement for People Over 45

New Report Shows Devastating Impact of Solitary Confinement on Incarcerated People with Physical Disabilities

New Report Documents Devastating Effects of Solitary Confinement on Mental Illness

Chelsea Manning, No Stranger to Solitary Confinement, Faces Indefinite Isolation After Suicide Attempt

U.S. Government Tells UN: “No Systematic Use of Solitary Confinement in the United States”

Solitary Confinement Out of Control in Florida Prisons

After 33 Years in Solitary Confinement, Former Black Panther Russell Shoatz Will Have His Day in Court