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solitary survivor narratives

New this week from Solitary Watch: • In an essay in our Voices from Solitary series, Cesar Villa offers a searing account of living in prolonged solitary confinement in a Security Housing Unit, or SHU, at California’s notorious Pelican Bay State Prison. “We’re only here to die. The prison administration is paid to put us down. […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/5/22]

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by Caitlin Konya

October 5, 2022

SW Reports

Groundbreaking New Report Exposes Impact of Solitary Confinement in Louisiana State Prisons

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by Jean Casella

June 25, 2019

Photo Requests from Solitary

What They Wanted to See: Images for People in Solitary Confinement

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by Valerie Kiebala

June 13, 2019

Ridgeway Reporting Project

Inside the Hole: Enduring Solitary Confinement in California

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by Solitary Confinement Reporting Project

September 2, 2020

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: I Spent 16 Months in Solitary Confinement, and Now I’m Fighting to End It

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by Voices from Solitary

July 18, 2019

Voices from Solitary

Louisiana on Lockdown: Voices from Louisiana’s Solitary Confinement Cells

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by Voices from Solitary

September 17, 2019

Voices from Solitary

The View from Badger Yard: Surviving in San Quentin with COVID-19

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by Juan Moreno Haines

November 25, 2020

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: What My Mother Doesn’t Know

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by Voices from Solitary

November 17, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/25/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 25, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/10/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

June 10, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/1/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

July 1, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/13/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

July 15, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/22/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

July 22, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/29/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

July 29, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/26/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

August 26, 2019

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Seven Days in Solitary [10/14/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 14, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/27/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 27, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/16/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 16, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/23/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 23, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/13/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 13, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Fourteen Days in Solitary [3/30/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

March 31, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/6/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

April 10, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/20/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

April 22, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/27/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

April 29, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/11/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

May 11, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/18/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

May 19, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/25/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

May 26, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/3/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

August 3, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/7/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 8, 2020

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