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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 […]

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: Across the Plexiglass

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by Voices from Solitary

June 12, 2025

News & Features

“Mama’s in the Hole”

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by Summer Knight and Kwaneta Harris

May 9, 2025

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Six by Ten

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by Voices from Solitary

February 12, 2019

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: I Am Enduring

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by Voices from Solitary

December 28, 2018

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Coronavirus Panic in a Quarantined Washington State Prison

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by Voices from Solitary

April 22, 2020

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: In Prisons, Mass Solitary Confinement Turns Quarantine Into Punishment

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by Voices from Solitary

October 28, 2021

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/12/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

August 12, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/26/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

August 26, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/2/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 2, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/16/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 16, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/14/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 14, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/4/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

March 4, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/1/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

April 1, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/1/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

July 1, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/23/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 23, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [10/7/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

October 7, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/25/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 26, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [2/10/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

February 10, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [12/16/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

December 16, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/9/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

March 9, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/16/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

March 16, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Fourteen Days in Solitary [3/30/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

March 31, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/4/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

May 4, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/11/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

May 11, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/25/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

May 26, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Fourteen Days in Solitary [7/6/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

July 6, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Fourteen Days in Solitary [7/20/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

July 21, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/10/20]

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by Valerie Kiebala

August 12, 2020

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