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transgender

The fluorescent lights in solitary confinement hummed overhead as I watched my friend Jack’s shoulders slump under the weight of another degrading lecture. The guard’s voice dropped with contempt as he told Jack, a transgender man, that he was “going to Hell” for his identity. This wasn’t the first time—or the last—that I witnessed staff […]

News & Features

Beyond The Rainbow: Remembering Our Most Forgotten

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by Kwaneta Harris

June 26, 2025

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: My Darkest Night in Solitary Gave Me the Strength to Fight Back 

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by Voices from Solitary

March 6, 2025

Seven Days in Solitary

Solitary Persists in Washington Prisons Despite Promises to End It…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week 

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by Sophia Chang

August 21, 2024

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: A Struggle Just to Be Myself

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by Voices from Solitary

August 19, 2024

Seven Days in Solitary

Men Held in Solitary in Massachusetts File Lawsuit Against “Oppressive Conditions”…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sophia Chang

July 10, 2024

Seven Days in Solitary

Nebraska Holds Children in Prolonged Solitary in Defiance of State Law…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

January 31, 2024

Seven Days in Solitary

Georgia Jail Guard Used a Chain to Strangle a Man in a Solitary Cell…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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by Sara Vogel

April 24, 2024

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Not Captured on Camera

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by Voices from Solitary

April 3, 2024

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: “As Real As It Honestly and Truthfully Gets”

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by Voices from Solitary

August 12, 2022

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/14/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 14, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/8/2015]

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by Vaidya Gullapalli

November 8, 2015

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Cruel and Unusual Punishment for Transgender Women

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by Voices from Solitary

August 7, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: My Tranz Brothers and Sisters Are There, Boxed

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by Voices from Solitary

February 2, 2015

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/20/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

April 20, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/4/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

May 4, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/18/14]

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by Aviva Stahl

May 18, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/23/2014]

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by Aviva Stahl

November 23, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/28/2014]

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by Aviva Stahl

December 28, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/8/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

February 8, 2015

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/15/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

November 17, 2015

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/17/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

January 17, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/27/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

September 27, 2015

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/1/2015]

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by Aviva Stahl

November 1, 2015

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/24/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

January 24, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/14/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

February 14, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/3/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

July 3, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/07/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

August 7, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/21/2016]

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by Aviva Stahl

August 21, 2016

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/23/2017]

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by Aviva Stahl

July 23, 2017

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