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The author of the following poem, William Blake, has spent 31 continuous years in solitary confinement in New York State prisons. Sentenced to 77 years to life for killing a sheriff’s deputy in a failed escape attempt when he was 23 years old, Blake is being held in administrative segregation, meaning there is no clear […]

Voices from Solitary

Voices From Solitary: Resurrection

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by Voices from Solitary

May 31, 2018

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Voices from Solitary: Sad Flutes

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October 21, 2016

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Voices from Solitary: TV Death Row

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March 21, 2014

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Voices from Solitary: “The Isolated Prisoner”

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by Sal Rodriguez

February 18, 2012

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