Voices from Solitary Archives

Voices from Solitary

Patrick Irving, 41, has been in Administrative Segregation, a form of solitary confinement, at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution in Kuna for two years. His writing is published on the website Book of Irving #82431. In March of 2021, Irving was invited to speak at the Idaho Law Review Symposium. He gave his video presentation […]

Voices from Solitary

Voices from Solitary

Voices From Solitary: Among the Blood of Last Year’s June

Voices from Solitary: Everyday Torture

Voices From Solitary: House of Destruction

Voices From Solitary: Postcards From a Prison Pandemic

Voices from Solitary: Satan’s Domain

The “Soul-Crushing Loneliness” of Solitary Confinement

Seven Days in Solitary [10/14/19]

Book Bans Reveal What Prison Officials Ignore and What They Fear

Voices From Solitary: Years of Torture in the Jail Where Jeffrey Epstein Died

Voices from Solitary: I Spent 16 Months in Solitary Confinement, and Now I’m Fighting to End It

Voices from Solitary: We Go Through Hell Here

Voices from Solitary: Solitary Sorrow

Voices from Solitary: Six by Ten

Voices from Solitary: Death Would Feel So Much Better

Three Unforgettable Stories from Inside Solitary Confinement

Voices from Solitary: A Concrete Death

Voices From Solitary: Waltzing Into Hell

Voices From Solitary: Resurrection

Voices From Solitary: The Freedom I Feel in My Heart and Mind

Voices from Solitary: Reprieve

Voices From Solitary: Prison Staff Tried to Get Me to Betray a Friend Using Isolation and Intimidation

Five Unforgettable Stories From Inside Solitary Confinement

Voices From Solitary: What Decades of Isolation Do to the Mind and Body

Voices from Solitary: Things I Always Carry With Me

Voices from Solitary: Sent to Solitary Confinement for Being Disabled

Voices From Solitary: Welcome to the Round House

Voices from Solitary: “Breathtakingly Irresponsible”

Letters from the Hole

Voices from Solitary: Sad Flutes