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Solitary Watch frequently receives notes from prisoners, many of them in solitary. From time to time, we want to share excerpts some of these with our readers.  Names of prisoners and prisons have been removed to protect the writers of these letters. I have been in lockup for a year and a half and I have […]

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Letters from the Hole

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

October 10, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: A Little Taste of “Freedom”

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

September 27, 2010

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Cash-Strapped California to Spend $500 Million for New “Condemned Inmate Complex” (Death Row)

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 20, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Ara Oshagan Photographs California Juvies

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

September 4, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Gang “Validation” and Permanent Isolation in California Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 7, 2010

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Due Process Rights Routinely Suppressed in California Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 3, 2010

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Prison Heat: Hunger Strike Highlights Summer’s Deadly Toll on U.S. Inmates

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

July 26, 2010

News & Features

Celebrities in Solitary: Lindsay Lohan Goes to Lockdown

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

July 12, 2010

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Prisoner Sent to Solitary Based on Reading Materials

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

June 16, 2010

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Kenneth E. Hartman on “The Other Death Penalty”

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

May 19, 2010

News & Features

Abuse and Cover-Up in California Prisons’ “Behavior Management Units”

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 12, 2010

News & Features

Live from Death Row: 3,600 Americans Waiting Alone to Die

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

April 15, 2010

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Rastafarians Spend a Decade in Solitary for Refusing Haircuts

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 11, 2010

News & Features

California Lawsuit Charges Race-Based Lockdown

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

January 20, 2010

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