Solitary Watch

Angola

• According to My Twin Tiers, five people held at the Allegheny County Jail filed a lawsuit through the Abolitionist Law Center (ALC) and the Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project, claiming that the conditions at the facility violate their rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the 14th Amendment. The ALC conducted a survey of people […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/21/20]

by Valerie Kiebala

September 24, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/25/20]

by Valerie Kiebala

May 26, 2020

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [4/6/20]

by Valerie Kiebala

April 10, 2020

Voices from Solitary

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

by Voices from Solitary

July 18, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [5/13/18]

by Valerie Kiebala

May 13, 2018

News & Features

Lawsuits Challenge the Cruelty of Decades in Solitary Confinement on Death Row

by Aleks Gilbert

October 10, 2017

News & Features

At Louisiana’s Angola Prison, Lawsuit Claims, the Sick Face Neglect, Isolation, and Death

by Mark Megalli

September 23, 2015

Seven Days in Solitary

A Fortnight in Solitary [5/17/2015]

May 18, 2015

News & Features

Members of Congress Call for Investigation of Louisiana’s Use of Solitary Confinement, Treatment of Angola 3

by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

July 13, 2013

News & Features

Angola Prison May Close Lockdown Unit–But Vows to Keep Inmates in Isolation

by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

October 15, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: New Memoir by Wilbert Rideau

by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

May 6, 2010

News & Features

Louisiana Sues Its Own Death Row Prisoners

by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 12, 2010

News & Features

The Mark of Cain: God and Man at Angola Prison

by James Ridgeway

January 7, 2010

News & Features

A Louisiana Inmate’s Death Wish

by Jean Casella

January 6, 2010