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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 […]

News & Features

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

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by James Ridgeway

April 24, 2015

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

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by Jean Casella and Katie Rose Quandt

April 10, 2020

News & Features

Off the Block

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by Jean Casella

October 21, 2015

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Santa Was in Solitary and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 20, 2018

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: On Solitary Confinement and Finding Humanity

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 28, 2011

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Loneliness and Faith at Christmastime

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by Voices from Solitary

December 25, 2012

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Freedom Shares My Cell

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by Voices from Solitary

October 16, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Three Ways to Reach Out to People in Actual Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 7, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4.12.13]

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by Lisa Dawson

April 12, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/8/13]

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by Jean Casella

September 9, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/22/13]

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by Jean Casella

September 22, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/26/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

January 26, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/18/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

May 18, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/8/14]

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by Jean Casella

June 8, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/7/15]

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by Hallie Grossman

June 7, 2015

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

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by Victoria Law

December 11, 2013

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Journalists Barred from Prison Isolation Units

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by James Ridgeway

March 5, 2013

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New Federal Supermax Prison Will Double Capacity for Extreme Solitary Confinement

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by Aviva Stahl

January 15, 2015

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

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by Garrett Zehr

August 12, 2015

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Presidential Prison Politics

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by Katie Rose Quandt

November 10, 2015

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

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 10, 2017

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

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by Valerie Kiebala and Katie Rose Quandt

May 5, 2020

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

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

June 12, 2017

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

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by Joshua Manson

January 12, 2017

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New Report Documents Devastating Effects of Solitary Confinement on Mental Illness

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by Joshua Manson

September 9, 2016

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

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by Julia Hettiger

August 11, 2016

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

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by Jean Casella

October 14, 2014

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Solitary Confinement Out of Control in Florida Prisons

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by Jack Denton

March 29, 2016

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

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by Jack Denton

March 11, 2016

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