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One week ago, the New York Times featured as its weekly “Op Doc” a short film called “Tuesday Afternoon,” directed by Pete Quandt and co-produced by Solitary Watch. It follows Jack Powers—who spent 33 years in federal prison for bank robbery—on his first day in the free world, traveling from a prison in Pennsylvania to a halfway house in […]

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Seven Days in Solitary [5/11/20]

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Fourteen Days in Solitary [3/30/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/24/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/27/20]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/30/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/16/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/11/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/30/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/2/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/22/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/13/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/1/19]

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Seven Days in Solitary [5/13/19]

Seven Days in Solitary [4/29/19]

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