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The author of the following poem, William Blake, has spent 31 continuous years in solitary confinement in New York State prisons. Sentenced to 77 years to life for killing a sheriff’s deputy in a failed escape attempt when he was 23 years old, Blake is being held in administrative segregation, meaning there is no clear […]

Voices from Solitary

Torture

Voices From Solitary: Resurrection

Seven Days in Solitary [5/20/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/6/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [4/8/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [4/1/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [3/18/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [3/4/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/25/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/11/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [10/29/17]

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

“Suicide Checks” Lead to Extreme Sleep Deprivation at Pelican Bay Prison

Voices from Solitary: We Are All Animals

Can International Laws and Standards Help Curb Solitary Confinement in the United States?

UN Human Rights Experts (Again) Push for Access to U.S. Prisons, Call for Solitary Reform

UN’s “Mandela Rules” to Set New International Limits on Solitary Confinement

Irish Court Blocks Suspect’s Extradition to U.S., Citing Risk of Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary: Phantom Souls

Will Lawsuits and Exposés Lead to Reform of Florida’s Brutal Prisons?

New Report Documents Brutal Treatment of People with Mental Illness in U.S. Prisons and Jails

Voices from ADX: Living “Inside America’s Toughest Prison”

Officials, Advocates Call for Restrictions on Solitary Confinement in Wisconsin

Supreme Court Justice Kennedy: “Solitary Confinement Literally Drives Men Mad”

UN Torture Investigator Barred from Visiting American Supermax Prisons

Audit of Solitary Confinement in Federal Prisons: An Inside Job Reaches Foregone Conclusions

Voices from Solitary: “I Am Somebody’s Daughter”

Voices from Solitary: On Hunger Strike Against Brutal Treatment in Florida Prisons

In California Prisons, Hundreds Removed from Solitary Confinement—and Thousands Remain

New Federal Supermax Prison Will Double Capacity for Extreme Solitary Confinement