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Solitary Confinement

This following account was written by Anthony Lamar Davis, 34, who has been incarcerated for 11 years of a 22-year sentence. He has spent more than six of those years in solitary confinement. In New York State prisons, about 13,000 sentences to solitary confinement in the Special Housing Units, or SHUs, are handed out each year, most […]

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: At War With My Own Self

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by Voices from Solitary

September 30, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/28/2014]

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by Aviva Stahl

September 28, 2014

Voices from Solitary

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

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by Voices from Solitary

September 26, 2014

News & Features

Reports Condemn Healthcare and Solitary Confinement in Arizona State Prisons

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by Lisa Dawson

September 22, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/21/2014]

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by Aviva Stahl

September 21, 2014

News & Features

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

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by Aviva Stahl

September 16, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/14/2014]

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by Aviva Stahl

September 14, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Dare to Think

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by Voices from Solitary

September 13, 2014

News & Features

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

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by Lisa Dawson

September 11, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [9/07/2014]

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by Aviva Stahl

September 7, 2014

News & Features

News from the Hole: The Words of People in Solitary Confinement in America’s Prisons

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by James Ridgeway

September 4, 2014

Voices from Solitary

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

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by Voices from Solitary

September 2, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/31/14]

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by Lisa Dawson

August 31, 2014

News & Features

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

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by Maclyn Willigan

August 29, 2014

Voices from Solitary

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

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by Voices from Solitary

August 27, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/24/2014]

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by Aviva Stahl

August 25, 2014

News & Features

New York City Officials and Advocates Push for Change to the “Culture of Brutality” on Rikers Island

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by Savannah Crowley

August 20, 2014

News & Features

Civil Rights Groups Demand Change for Transgender Women Held in Solitary in New York’s Prisons

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

August 19, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/17/2014]

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by Aviva Stahl

August 17, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/10/2014]

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by Aviva Stahl

August 10, 2014

News & Features

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

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by Aviva Stahl

August 7, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Cruel and Unusual Punishment for Transgender Women

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by Voices from Solitary

August 7, 2014

News & Features

What Solitary Confinement Does to the Human Brain

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by Maclyn Willigan

August 4, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [8/3/2014]

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by Aviva Stahl

August 3, 2014

News & Features

Videos Show Brutal Treatment of Prisoners with Mental Illness

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by Lisa Dawson

August 1, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Testimony of a Jailhouse Lawyer

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by Voices from Solitary

July 30, 2014

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [7/27/14]

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by Savannah Crowley

July 27, 2014

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Reach Out

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by Voices from Solitary

July 24, 2014

News & Features

New Report Highlights Extreme Isolation Endured by Terrorism Suspects

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by Aviva Stahl

July 22, 2014

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