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This post is the third in a series of pieces Solitary Watch is publishing as part of a new project calling for people held in solitary confinement to write on various proposed themes (read the first and second entries here and here). Our first suggested theme, “A Day in the Life,” calls for writers to describe a day in his […]

Voices from Solitary

Illinois

Voices from Solitary: A Day in the Life, Part III

Voices from Solitary: Hunger Strike in Menard Prison

Seven Days in Solitary [1/19/13]

Voices from Solitary: American Supermax

Solitary Watch Print Edition

Voices from Solitary: 13.5 Square Feet

The Art of Activism: Closing Tamms Supermax

Guarding the Fortresses: How Prison Policies Limit Media Access to Solitary Confinement

Journalists Barred from Prison Isolation Units

Solidarity and Solitary: When Unions Clash With Prison Reform

Feds to Open New Supermax Prison Cells at “Gitmo North”

The End of Tamms Supermax

Tamms Supermax: Report Reveals More Guards Than Prisoners, Soaring Costs

Tamms Supermax Prison Closure Temporarily Halted

Shutting Down a Supermax: An Interview With Alan Mills of the Uptown People’s Law Center

Voices from Solitary: “I Lost the Will to Live”

Testimony from Hearing on Closure of Tamms Supermax Prison

Leading Mental Health Experts Urge Illinois Legislators to Close Tamms Supermax

Illinois Governor Proposes Closing Controversial Tamms Supermax Prison

New Fact Sheet: The High Cost of Solitary Confinement

Illinois Prisoner Says Years of Solitary Confinement Caused Mental Illness, Self-Mutilation

Supermax Prisons: “21st Century Asylums”

Voices from Solitary: The Meaning of “Life”

Obama and Bureau of Prisons Lowball Supermax Costs

Federal Judge: Extended Solitary Confinement Causes “Lasting Psychological Damage and Emotional Harm”

Two for One: Guantanamo Won’t Close, But Illinois Supermax Will Open

No Evidence of National Reduction in Solitary Confinement

Obama’s Plan Is the “Wrong Way to Close Guantanamo,” Groups Warn

If You Build It, They Will Come: Obama Commits to Gitmo North