Solitary Watch

Tommy Silverstein

• VICE published a piece on the experiences of people with mental illness in solitary confinement. Journalist Paul Willis quotes the words of ADX prisoner Tommy Silverstein. “The mental anguish of 28 years of solitary confinement is worse than any physical pain I have ever suffered or imagined… The indefiniteness of my confinement makes my mental […]

Seven Days in Solitary

Seven Days in Solitary [1/7/2016]

February 7, 2016

News & Features

Federal Appeals Court Considers Tommy Silverstein’s 30 Years in Extreme Solitary Confinement

by Jean Casella

September 25, 2013

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary: Picturing Solitary Confinement

by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

November 20, 2012

Voices from Solitary

America’s Most Isolated Federal Prisoner Describes 10,220 Days in Extreme Solitary Confinement

by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 5, 2011

News & Features

Fortresses of Solitude (Part 1)

by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 28, 2011

News & Features

Solitary Watch Watches National Geographic’s Experiment in Solitary Confinement

by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

April 2, 2010

News & Features

America’s “Most Isolated Man” Sues the Bureau of Prisons

by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

January 22, 2010