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Voices from Solitary

Years ago, when I was down in Louisiana working on a story about the notorious plantation prison called Angola, a man who had served nearly 20 years shared with me what he thought to be a common misconception about prisons. He knew that most people looked at the wall around the perimeter of a prison, […]

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Voices from Solitary

Five Unforgettable Stories That Built a Bridge Into Darkness

Five Unforgettable Stories from Inside Solitary Confinement

Seven Days in Solitary [11/30/2022]

Voices from Solitary: Imagine

Seven Days in Solitary [10/5/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/15/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [6/1/22]

Seven Days in Solitary [5/11/22]

Voices From Solitary: Among the Blood of Last Year’s June

Voices from Solitary: Everyday Torture

Voices From Solitary: House of Destruction

Voices From Solitary: Postcards From a Prison Pandemic

Voices from Solitary: Satan’s Domain

The “Soul-Crushing Loneliness” of Solitary Confinement

Seven Days in Solitary [10/14/19]

Book Bans Reveal What Prison Officials Ignore and What They Fear

Voices From Solitary: Years of Torture in the Jail Where Jeffrey Epstein Died

Voices from Solitary: I Spent 16 Months in Solitary Confinement, and Now I’m Fighting to End It

Voices from Solitary: We Go Through Hell Here

Voices from Solitary: Solitary Sorrow

Voices from Solitary: Six by Ten

Voices from Solitary: Death Would Feel So Much Better

Three Unforgettable Stories from Inside Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary: A Concrete Death

Voices From Solitary: Waltzing Into Hell

Voices From Solitary: Resurrection

Voices From Solitary: The Freedom I Feel in My Heart and Mind

Voices from Solitary: Reprieve

Voices From Solitary: Prison Staff Tried to Get Me to Betray a Friend Using Isolation and Intimidation