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The following piece, written by Shaun Traywick, was originally published in Truthout. This article was supported by a grant from the Ridgeway Reporting Project, managed by Solitary Watch with funding from the Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation and the Vital Projects Fund.  • • • • • • • • • • In 2022, Alabama became one of the first […]

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Alabama Voters Banned Prison Slavery—But Prisoners Say It Hasn’t Stopped

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by Shaun Traywick

June 20, 2025

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Juneteenth to an Incarcerated American 

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by Juan Moreno Haines

June 19, 2025

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Ending the “Last Vestiges of Slavery” in New York

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by Nicholas Brooks

May 2, 2025

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Black History Month Is World History Always

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by Juan Moreno Haines and Knowledge Supreme Mind Jackson

February 25, 2025

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/19/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

August 19, 2018

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Seven Days in Solitary [11/18/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 18, 2018

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Seven Days in Solitary [2/25/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 25, 2019

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Seven Days in Solitary [9/23/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 23, 2019

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Seven Days in Solitary [12/28/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 28, 2020

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D.C. Jail: From Hellhole to Hotspot

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by Valerie Kiebala, James Ridgeway, and Lawrence Ukenye

December 30, 2020

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Voices from the “Torture Chambers”: Solitary Confinement and Political Repression

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

July 11, 2010

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