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• Excerpts from “Hell is a Very Small Place” were featured on In These Times and Longreads. The book was also reviewed by incarcerated whistleblower Chelsea Manning. The book, which is edited by Solitary Watch’s Jean Casella, Jim Ridgeway and Sarah Shourd, is the first to feature firsthand accounts of life in solitary. • Taylor Pendergrass of the […]

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by Aviva Stahl

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Seven Days in Solitary [12/27/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

December 27, 2015

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/29/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

November 29, 2015

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Seven Days in Solitary [11/22/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

November 22, 2015

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Seven Days in Solitary [10/11/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

October 11, 2015

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A Fortnight in Solitary [5/17/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

May 18, 2015

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New Report Documents the “Waste, Cost and Harm” of Solitary Confinement in Texas

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by Lakshmi Gopal

February 12, 2015

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: The Life of an Escape Artist

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December 8, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: The Heaviness of Blood

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October 31, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

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by Aviva Stahl

May 25, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary, Analyzing Isolation, Part II

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April 29, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/23/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

March 23, 2014

Voices from Solitary

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

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by Voices from Solitary

February 24, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/9/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

February 9, 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: Thin Comfort

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by Voices from Solitary

December 20, 2013

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/10/13]

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by Lisa Dawson

November 10, 2013

News & Features

Fourteen Days in Solitary [7/7/13]

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 7, 2013

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Guarding the Fortresses: How Prison Policies Limit Media Access to Solitary Confinement

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by Rachel M. Cohen

March 5, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: What Solitary Confinement Does to the Mind

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February 16, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “It Has Zapped Me Of My Personality”

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October 21, 2012

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Texas Hearing Finds Prisoners Released from Solitary Directly to the Streets

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 5, 2012

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: A Spark in the Dark

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September 1, 2012

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Solitary and Death Row Survivor Anthony Graves Speaks Out

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by Sal Rodriguez

June 22, 2012

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Controversy Over Kids in Solitary Confinement in Texas

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

June 8, 2012

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Children Spend Months in Solitary Confinement in Texas Jails

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 10, 2012

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “A Terribly Unique Experience”

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by Voices from Solitary

April 1, 2012

News & Features

How Many Prisoners Are in Solitary Confinement in the United States?

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 1, 2012

News & Features

New Video: National Religious Campaign Against Torture Takes a Stand on Solitary Confinement

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

December 28, 2011

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