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The following book review, written by Juan Moreno Haines, was originally published in Wall City Magazine. About ten years ago, while working at San Quentin News, I began writing about incarcerated people subjected to solitary confinement in California. My stories covered both Pelican Bay’s Security Housing Unit, the SHU (pronounced “shoe”), and San Quentin State […]

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When Isolation Became the Supreme Punishment

Remembering Black August from Prison: The Struggle Continues

Voices from Solitary: An Elusive Victory

The Jailhouse Lawyer: Fighting Abuse and Forced Medication at Angola Prison

How Solitary Confinement Kills

Voices from Solitary: The Crisis at Brooklyn’s “Dangerous, Barbaric” Federal Jail

Beyond The Rainbow: Remembering Our Most Forgotten

Voices from Solitary: Crawling Out of the Darkness, Part 1

Witnessing the Solitary-to-Cemetery Pipeline

Voices from Solitary: Imagine This

When Freedom Still Feels Like Prison

No Exit: Death and Despair in Texas’s “Double-Cell” Solitary Units

Voices from Solitary: Moving Day

Voices from Solitary: My Darkest Night in Solitary Gave Me the Strength to Fight Back

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Invisible Chains

Voices from Solitary: A Slow Drift Into the Abyss

Hundreds of Doctors Urge Biden to End Solitary in ICE Facilities…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Settlement Reached on Mental Health Treatment at Pennsylvania Jail…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

D.C. Department of Corrections Withholds Information on Use of Solitary in Jails…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

American Psychological Association Resolution Calls for Ban on Youth Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Historic Lawsuit Challenges the Use of Indefinite Solitary Confinement in Pennsylvania Prisons…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

New Study Finds ICE Locks Thousands of Immigrants in Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Nebraska Holds Children in Prolonged Solitary in Defiance of State Law…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

NY Mayor Adams Vetoes Bill Banning Solitary in City Jails…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Voices from Solitary: You Have to Be There

Protests Against Long-Term Solitary Continue in Virginia…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

New York Prison Guards Conceal Rampant Abuse Behind a “Blue Wall”…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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