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"New York State Passes the Nation's Strongest Anti-Solitary Legislation
After a Decade of Activism, the HALT Solitary Confinement Act Is Signed into Law by an Embattled Governor Cuomo

By Veronica Riccobene | April 8, 2021

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Voices from Solitary: Sad Flutes

October 21, 2016October 21, 2016 Voices from Solitary
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Francis Bauer Harris has been on Death Row at Greene State Correctional Institution for 19 years. He was convicted of first degree murder in 1997, though he continues to maintain his innocence. On Death Row, Harris spends 23 to 24 hours a day in solitary confinement. According to a friend with whom he corresponds, “he feels […]

Voices from Solitary: Surviving the "Prison Within a Prison"

July 28, 2012October 31, 2015 Voices from Solitary
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The following was submitted to Solitary Watch by Ricardo “Truth” Noble, who has spent five years in Pennsylvania’s Restrictive Housing Units. Pennsylvania’s RHU’s hold over 1,500 inmates in solitary confinement. Incarcerated for 21 years, he is serving life-without-parole. Noble  describes the experience of being in the RHU as an intense and hopeless place where he […]