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Voices from Solitary

New this week from Solitary Watch: In “I Will Choose Death Over Life Behind Bars,” a piece copublished with Truthout, incarcerated writer William Blake considers his own mortality due to life-threatening health issues developed while serving a life sentence in New York. Thirteen years ago, Blake authored an essay about solitary confinement called “A Sentence […]

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Voices from Solitary

ICE Detainees Put in Solitary After Going on Hunger Strike…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Half of Massachusetts Prison Suicides Were in Solitary…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Punished for Disabilities: Minnesota Schoolchildren Held in Isolation…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

Trump’s Policies Throw Lives of Incarcerated People into Chaos…and Other News on Solitary Confinement This Week

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