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The following description came by letter from a prisoner being held in solitary in a Louisiana state prison. His name and the name of his prison are withheld to protect against the possibility of retaliation. I am being housed in solitary in the worst, most unconstitutional conditions in Louisiana–even worse and more strict than the […]

Voices from Solitary

Louisiana

Voices from Solitary: “Worse Than Angola”

Wilbert Rideau on Solitary Confinement: “The Zenith in Human Cruelty”

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

John Thompson Takes a Louisiana Injustice from Death Row to the Supreme Court

“I Spent 29 Years in Solitary Confinement”

Clarence Thomas “Outraged” by Treatment of His Nephew, But Condones the Same for Thousands of Others

LGBT Kids in Prison Face Rape, Beatings, and Isolation

Louisiana Jail Locks Up Suicidal Prisoners in 3′ x 3′ Cages

Two Clinton Era Laws That Allow Cruel and Unusual Punishment (Redux)

Court Rules Against Angola 3’s Albert Woodfox: No End in Sight to 38 Years in Solitary Confinement

Our Father Who Art in Prison

Film Documents the Angola 3’s 100+ Years of Solitude

Voices from Solitary: New Memoir by Wilbert Rideau

Cruel Punishment Is Not Unusual for Clarence Thomas

Louisiana Sues Its Own Death Row Prisoners

ACLU Gets One Angola Prisoner Released from Solitary

The Mark of Cain: God and Man at Angola Prison

A Louisiana Inmate’s Death Wish

Southern Injustice: 37 Years in Solitary