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D.C. Jail: From Hellhole to Hotspot
Accounts from Inside Washington, D.C.'s Jail During COVID-19 Reveal a Perfect Storm of Squalor and Neglect

By Valerie Kiebala, James Ridgeway, and Lawrence Ukenye | December 30, 2020

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Voices from Solitary: Analyzing Isolation

Voices from Solitary, Analyzing Isolation, Part III

May 28, 2014October 19, 2015 Voices from Solitary
Leon Benson speaks from his tray slot (Photo: Screenshot from MSNBC's Lockup: Shakespeare in the SHU)

This post is the next in a series of pieces Solitary Watch is publishing as part of a project calling for people held in solitary confinement to write on various proposed themes. Our second suggested theme, “Analyzing Isolation,” calls for writers to provide their analyses of solitary, discussing ways in which the practice is harmful and counterproductive.  […]

Voices from Solitary: "That Which Does Not Kill Us..."

May 19, 2014October 19, 2015 Voices from Solitary
A cell at supermax Wisconsin Secure Program Facility in Boscobel

The following comes from Glenn T. Turner, 40, who has been held in solitary confinement at the Wisconsin Secure Program Facility (WSPF) since 2010, when he was assigned to the facility’s General Segregation Program Process. In his piece, Turner, who has been in and out of solitary confinement since 1992, provides a firsthand account of the devastating effect isolation […]

Voices from Solitary, Analyzing Isolation, Part II

April 29, 2014October 19, 2015 Voices from Solitary
Razor wire on the fencing at the Polunsky Unit in Livingston, TX.

This post is the next in a series of pieces Solitary Watch is publishing as part of a project calling for people held in solitary confinement to write on various proposed themes. Our second suggested theme, “Analyzing Isolation,” calls for writers to provide their analyses of solitary, discussing ways in which the practice is counterproductive.  The following […]

Voices from Solitary: Analyzing Isolation, Part I

April 21, 2014October 21, 2015 Voices from Solitary
ADX Florence, Florence Colarado

This post is the next in a series of pieces Solitary Watch is publishing as part of a project calling for people held in solitary confinement to write on various proposed themes. Our second suggested theme, “Analyzing Isolation,” calls for writers to provide their analyses of solitary, discussing ways in which the practice is counterproductive.  […]