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Dear Readers, Supporters, and Friends: In the past nine months, those of us on the outside have been given just a glimpse of the isolation, idleness, and deprivation faced by the thousands of incarcerated men, women, and children held in solitary confinement. Unlike them, most of us have been confined along with loved ones, and […]

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Social Distancing Is Difficult. Self-Quarantine Can Be Painful. Solitary Confinement Is Torture.

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 1, 2020

News & Features

Santa Was in Solitary and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 25, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/23/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 23, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [6/24/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

June 24, 2019

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: We Go Through Hell Here

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by Voices from Solitary

May 3, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/7/19]

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by Valerie Kiebala

January 7, 2019

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [11/18/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

November 18, 2018

News & Features

Prisons Use Solitary Confinement to Silence Strikers Nationwide—But Their Voices Have Been Heard

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by Valerie Kiebala and Jean Casella

October 1, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/9/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

September 9, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/1/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

July 1, 2018

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [3/25/18]

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by Valerie Kiebala

March 25, 2018

News & Features

Santa Was in Solitary and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 22, 2017

News & Features

Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 22, 2016

News & Features

What Trump and Sessions Could Mean for Solitary Confinement in America’s Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

November 18, 2016

News & Features

Presidential Prison Politics

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by Katie Rose Quandt

November 10, 2015

News & Features

American Outcasts: U.S. Prisons and Modern Day Banishment

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by James Ridgeway

April 24, 2015

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Working from the Inside Out

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

November 26, 2014

News & Features

Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 23, 2013

News & Features

Santa Was in Prison and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 25, 2010

News & Features

How to Create Madness in Prison

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by Solitary Watch Guest Author

September 23, 2010

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