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Having survived over two decades in solitary confinement, Jacob Barrett is currently incarcerated at Oregon State Correctional Institution for crimes committed when he first entered prison at nineteen years old. In addition to his work as an ADA Orderly, Barrett utilizes writing and drawing to document his three decades of incarceration in a multi-part series […]

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Crawling Out of the Darkness, Part 2

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by Voices from Solitary

May 23, 2025

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Crawling Out of the Darkness, Part 1

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by Voices from Solitary

May 22, 2025

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Moving Day

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by Voices from Solitary

March 27, 2025

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: A Slow Drift Into the Abyss

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by Voices from Solitary

October 7, 2024

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “Loneliness Is a Destroyer of Humanity”

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by Voices from Solitary

July 7, 2012

SW Reports

Solitary Watch Partners With Advocacy Groups on First Report Exposing Solitary Confinement in Nevada

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by Jean Casella

February 14, 2017

Ridgeway Reporting Project

How to Survive Supermax

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by Solitary Confinement Reporting Project

June 20, 2020

News & Features

How Britain Does Supermax

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by Aviva Stahl

October 21, 2015

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “A Terribly Unique Experience”

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by Voices from Solitary

April 1, 2012

Voices from Solitary

Brandon Green, Chronicler of Solitary Confinement

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by Sal Rodriguez

January 11, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “No Human Being Should Be Treated This Way”

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by Voices from Solitary

July 9, 2012

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: A Spark in the Dark

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by Voices from Solitary

September 1, 2012

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Parts of My Mind Did Not Survive

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by Voices from Solitary

April 3, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Suffering at the Hands of Other Human Beings

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by Voices from Solitary

February 4, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “Suicide Is Preferable to Long-Term Segregation”

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by Voices from Solitary

March 21, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “Where Cold, Quiet and Emptiness Come Together”

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by Voices from Solitary

March 16, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: The Louder My Voice the Deeper They Bury Me

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by Lisa Dawson

April 11, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: This Place Is Nothing More Than a Torture Chamber

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by Voices from Solitary

July 12, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: American Supermax

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by Voices from Solitary

July 18, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Life in H-Unit, ADX Federal Supermax

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by Voices from Solitary

November 21, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “A Prison Where the Building Becomes the Shackles”

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by Voices from Solitary

November 27, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Freedom Shares My Cell

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by Voices from Solitary

October 16, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/12/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

May 12, 2013

News & Features

“Total Isolation”: Solitary Confinement in Oregon

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by Sal Rodriguez

September 11, 2012

News & Features

ADX H-Unit on Hunger Strike, Prisoners Being Force-Fed

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by James Ridgeway and Lisa Dawson

February 25, 2014

News & Features

New Federal Supermax Prison Will Double Capacity for Extreme Solitary Confinement

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by Aviva Stahl

January 15, 2015

News & Features

Trump Wants to Bring Back Torture. For Thousands of Americans, It Never Went Away.

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 10, 2017

News & Features

Inside ADX Supermax: “A Bloody Nightmare”

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by Sal Rodriguez

September 12, 2013

News & Features

European Human Rights Court Rules Terror Suspects Can Be Extradited to U.S. Supermax

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 11, 2012

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