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Part 1 of a Series This two-part article was originally published on MindSite News. Part 1 looks at the results of a survey of 21 people who were held for long periods in isolation. “When you first get out you’re happy to be free, you enjoy inhaling air that’s not in a concrete bunker,” said […]

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When Freedom Still Feels Like Prison

Voices from Solitary: Polluted Waters

Seven Days in Solitary [1/4/20]

Voices from Solitary: Flipping the Script

Seven Days in Solitary [9/14/20]

Inside the Hole: Enduring Solitary Confinement in California

Seven Days in Solitary [5/25/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/18/20]

Voices from Solitary: Message from a Solitary Confinement Survivor for People Under Self-Quarantine

Seven Days in Solitary [4/13/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/26/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/22/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/3/19]

Voices from Solitary: Six by Ten

Voices from Solitary: I Am Enduring

Seven Days in Solitary [10/21/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/30/18]

Voices from Solitary: A Concrete Death

Seven Days in Solitary [8/5/18]

Voices from Solitary: Women Held in Isolation in New York Speak Out

Seven Days in Solitary [7/22/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/24/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/10/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/12/17]