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New this week from Solitary Watch: • Chris Wilson published in the Voices from Solitary series, about his experience entering prison as a 17 year old, about the 117 days he spent locked up, and about the art he created after leaving solitary. He describes, “Going into it, I knew I wanted to create something beautiful […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/11/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

May 11, 2022

Voices from Solitary

Voices From Solitary: Positive Delusions

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by Voices from Solitary

May 11, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/4/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

May 4, 2022

News & Features

The Word: The Myth of Safety Through Punishment

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by Vaidya Gullapalli

April 29, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/27/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

April 27, 2022

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: An Open Letter from the Allegheny County Jail

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by Voices from Solitary

April 27, 2022

News & Features

Incarcerated People of Color with Mental Illness Get Less Treatment and More Solitary Confinement

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by Melat Eskender

April 22, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days In Solitary [4/20/22]

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by Mirilla Zhu

April 20, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days In Solitary [4/13/22]

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by Mirilla Zhu

April 13, 2022

News & Features

COVID-Fueled Solitary Confinement Still Plagues Prisons and Jails

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by Katie Rose Quandt and Allison Altshule

March 22, 2022

News & Features

New York’s Oldest Supermax Prison Closes as State Prepares to Implement Law Limiting Solitary Confinement

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by Victoria Law

March 11, 2022

News & Features

Will Biden Step Up on Solitary Confinement?

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by Veronica Riccobene and Jean Casella

February 28, 2022

Ridgeway Reporting Project

Inside the Underground Economy of Solitary Confinement

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by Solitary Confinement Reporting Project

February 24, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/23/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

February 23, 2022

News & Features

The Truth Behind Dennis Hope’s Decades of Torture in Solitary Confinement

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by Madeline Batt

February 17, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/16/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

February 16, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/9/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

February 9, 2022

Voices from Solitary

Voices From Solitary: A Day in My Box

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by Voices from Solitary

February 8, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/2/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

February 2, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/26/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

January 26, 2022

Voices from Solitary

Voices From Solitary: Among the Blood of Last Year’s June

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by Voices from Solitary

January 20, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/19/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

January 19, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Fourteen Days in Solitary [1/12/22]

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by Roxanne Barnes

January 12, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Fourteen Days in Solitary [12/29/21]

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by Roxanne Barnes

December 29, 2021

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: A Letter to Kalief Browder

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by Voices from Solitary

December 28, 2021

News & Features

Santa Was in Solitary and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella

December 24, 2021

Voices from Solitary

“It’s Like a Slow War, Like a Slow Burn. Like a Slow, Quiet Form of Torture.”

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by Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg

December 14, 2021

News & Features

How Not to Fight a Prison Pandemic [Update]

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by Juan Moreno Haines and Katie Rose Quandt

December 8, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/1/21]

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by Roxanne Barnes

December 1, 2021

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