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This post is the first in a series of pieces Solitary Watch will be publishing for a new project calling for people held in solitary confinement to write on various proposed themes. For these pieces, Solitary Watch periodically suggests a specific theme for regular project participants to reflect on in their writings. For each individual […]

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: A Day in the Life, Part I

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by Voices from Solitary

February 18, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/16/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

February 16, 2014

News & Features

At Hearing on Solitary Confinement in California Prisons, Advocates Challenge “Reforms”

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by Sarah Shourd

February 14, 2014

News & Features

Seven Months After Historic Prison Hunger Strike, Opponents of Solitary in California Gauge the Pace of Change

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by Victoria Law

February 10, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/9/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

February 9, 2014

News & Features

Far from Guantánamo, Torture Takes Root in American Soil

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by Jean Casella

February 9, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Hunger Strike in Menard Prison

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by Voices from Solitary

February 6, 2014

News & Features

New York Lawmakers Introduce Bill to End Long-Term Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella

February 4, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/2/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

February 2, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Walk With Me — Life on the Inside of the SMU at USP Lewisburg

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by Voices from Solitary

February 2, 2014

News & Features

Prison Health Care: Is the American Health Profession Ignoring a Human Rights Issue Hiding in Plain Sight?

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by James Ridgeway

February 1, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/26/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

January 26, 2014

News & Features

Women in Solitary Confinement: Buried Inside the Federal Prison System

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by Victoria Law

January 24, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/19/13]

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by Jean Casella

January 19, 2014

News & Features

As New York City Jails Amend Their Solitary Confinement Practices, Abuses on Rikers Island Continue

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by Aviva Stahl

January 16, 2014

News & Features

New Campaign Highlights Post-9/11 Civil and Human Rights Abuses on American Soil

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by Aviva Stahl

January 13, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/12/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

January 12, 2014

News & Features

Mentally Ill in South Carolina’s Prisons Suffer Decades of Abuse and Neglect

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

January 11, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/5/14]

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by Abby Taskier

January 5, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “This Massive Mind-Fuck Machine”

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by Voices from Solitary

January 5, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/29/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

December 29, 2013

News & Features

War [on Crime] Is Over — If You Want It

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 27, 2013

News & Features

Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 23, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/22/13]

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by Abby Taskier

December 22, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Thin Comfort

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by Voices from Solitary

December 20, 2013

News & Features

DC’s Youth Face Solitary Confinement in District Jails and Federal Prisons

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by Abby Taskier

December 19, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/15/13]

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by Jean Casella

December 15, 2013

News & Features

Solitary Confinement: Too Controversial for Costco

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

December 13, 2013

News & Features

Women in Solitary Confinement: Sent to Solitary for Reporting Sexual Assault

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by Victoria Law

December 12, 2013

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