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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 […]

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Beyond The Rainbow: Remembering Our Most Forgotten

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

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

Voices from Solitary: A Struggle Just to Be Myself

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

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

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

Voices from Solitary: Not Captured on Camera

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

Seven Days in Solitary [1/14/18]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/8/2015]

Voices from Solitary: Cruel and Unusual Punishment for Transgender Women

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

Seven Days in Solitary [4/20/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/4/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/18/14]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/23/2014]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/28/2014]

Seven Days in Solitary [2/8/2015]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/15/2015]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/17/2016]

Seven Days in Solitary [9/27/2015]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/1/2015]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/24/2016]

Seven Days in Solitary [1/14/2016]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/3/2016]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/07/2016]

Seven Days in Solitary [8/21/2016]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/23/2017]