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The following comes Ryan Pettigrew, who spent most of his eight years at the supermax Colorado State Penitentiary (CSP) in solitary confiinement. Diagnosed with bipolar II disorder, Pettigrew, like an estimated 57 percent of prisoners confined in isolation in Colorado, suffers from mental illness. Recalling his response when asked by his parole officer if his time in […]

Voices from Solitary

Psychological Effects

Voices from Solitary: Is “Torture” Too Strong of a Word?

“A Girl Hung Herself Yesterday”: Deaths in Custody at California Institution for Women

Voices from Solitary: The Heaviness of Blood

Pope Francis Denounces Solitary Confinement, Calls for Prison Conditions That “Respect Human Dignity”

Voices from Solitary: Survivors Speak

Voices from Solitary: Freedom Shares My Cell

U.S. Government Tells UN: “No Systematic Use of Solitary Confinement in the United States”

Voices from Solitary: A Mouse and a Murderer

In the Story of Jonah, an Urgent Lesson About the Dangers of Solitary Confinement

On Rikers Island, an End to the Solitary Confinement of Children

Voices from Solitary: At War With My Own Self

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

Reports Condemn Healthcare and Solitary Confinement in Arizona State Prisons

American Experts Urge British Not to Believe What They Hear About US Prison Conditions

UPDATED: From One North Carolina Prison, Reports of an Eight-Month Lockdown

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

Seven Days in Solitary [8/31/14]

Pennsylvania Prison System Faces Lawsuit Over Suicide of Young Man with Mental Illness

Voices from Solitary: What Have You Done to My Brother?

Transgender Women in New York State Prisons Face Solitary Confinement and Sexual Assault

Voices from Solitary: Cruel and Unusual Punishment for Transgender Women

What Solitary Confinement Does to the Human Brain

Videos Show Brutal Treatment of Prisoners with Mental Illness

Seven Days in Solitary [7/27/14]

Voices from Solitary: Reach Out

Federal Supermax Prison “in Violation of International Law”: Amnesty International

Advisers to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission Hold Briefing on Juvenile Solitary Confinement in New York

New Solitary Confinement Policies in California Bring Small Changes and Raise Big Questions

What It Means to Be Human: A Philosopher’s Argument Against Solitary Confinement