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Dwayne “Bim” Staats and Jarreau “Ruk” Ayers co-authored, in alternating sections, the following piece about witnessing the mental destruction of two men—Kelly Gibbs and Keith Gibson—behind the torturous walls of solitary confinement. Staats and Ayers both grew up in Wilmington, Delaware, and were both serving life sentences when they were indicted—along with fifteen others—for their […]

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Voices from Solitary: Polluted Waters

Jailed Man Dies From Medical Neglect While in Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Fourteen Days in Solitary [7/20/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/10/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/30/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/10/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [4/29/19]

Behind the Pennsylvania Prison Lockdown: Public Health Crisis or Powerplay?

Seven Days in Solitary [12/9/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/5/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/20/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [4/8/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/22/17]

Voices from Solitary, Analyzing Isolation, Part III

The “Vicious Cycles” Created by Solitary Confinement

New Report Examines the Hardships of Life After Solitary Confinement

Prison Myth No. 1: “Prisoners Want to Go Into Solitary Confinement”

Criminalizing Mental Illness