solitary confinement

Prisoners Need Civilian Review Boards, Too

Toward the end of my sentence in Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) custody I was a clerk in the Central…

October 1, 2024

“A Moral Crime”: 22 Years in Solitary, and the Prison System That Watched

At age 18, Frank De Palma entered Nevada Department of Corrections custody on a 10-year sentence for a nonviolent felony.…

July 18, 2024

A Life and Death Sentence at Walla Walla, Recounted 50 Years Later

[Read Part 1 of this story here] For a few months in 2019, Don Snook, 71, was transferred to Washington…

February 20, 2024

Remembering Albert Woodfox, Who Fought to Free Me From Death Row

On March 1, Maurice Hastings was officially declared innocent after spending 38 years in prison wrongfully convicted of murder. I…

March 24, 2023

Surviving Solitary Confinement With the Help of Drugs

Of the 13 years I’ve spent incarcerated, 2020 was the worst. It was the year I lost hope in the…

November 30, 2022

New York Abolished Long-Term Solitary. Will Guards Get With the Program?

On April 1, after eight years of a determined grassroots campaign, the HALT Act (Humane Alternatives to Long Term Solitary…

May 6, 2021

New York Poised to Significantly Restrict Use of Solitary Confinement

New York is on the verge of significantly restricting its use of solitary confinement in prisons and jails. The state…

March 24, 2021