Voices from Solitary
Voices from Solitary welcomes submissions from currently or formerly incarcerated persons. Send submissions to Voices from Solitary, PO Box 11374, Washington, DC 20008 or email to solitarywatchnews@gmail.com.
Memoirs, Essays, and Articles
A Terribly Unique Experience by Anonymous
Thoughts of Freedom Running Wild in My Head by Gordon Davis
The Isolated Prisoner by Anonymous
Dispatches from Texas Death Row by Hank Skinner
There Must Never Be a Time When We Fail To Protest by Anonymous
We Will Not Stop Until We Are Heard by Anonymous
Letter from Calipatria Prison Hunger Strikers by Anonymous
Loneliness and Solitude by George Hernandez
The “Life Negating Emptiness” of the Pelican Bay SHU by Hector Gallegos
Beyond Inhumane by Quaheem Edwards
Pelican Bay Hunger Strike “the Only Way To Get The Word Out” by Alfred Sandoval
Injustice Anywhere Is A Threat To Justice Everywhere by Anonymous
Welcome to Supermax by Pornchai Moontri
Letter From A California Prison Hunger Striker by Anonymous
Letter From A Pelican Bay Hunger Striker by John Martinez
On Solitary Confinement and Finding Humanity by Susan Crane
The Meaning of Life by Joseph Dole
An Insane Asylum Disguised as an SMU by Anonymous
A Mothers Story by Diana Montes Walker
Colorado Department of Corrections in Need of Correction by Clair Beazer
Destroyed Souls by Anonymous
Life in the RHU by Anonymous
Worse Than Angola by Anonymous
In Solitary at L.A.’s Juvenile Hall, Circa 1962, by Alan
A Little Taste of “Freedom” by Joseph Aragon
Supermaxed Out in Colorado by Clair L. Beazer
Live from Lockdown by Tewhan Butler
Home Sweet Home by Brandon Green
Breaking Men’s Minds by Eddie Griffin
Life in the Bucket by Katfish (Mike Harris)
The Other Death Penalty by Kenneth E. Hartman
Trouble Coming Every Day: ADX–The First Year, by Ray Luc Levasseur
Walla Walla IMU by Robert Longworth
On Angola’s Death Row by Lane Nelson
Caged Beasts: The Insanity of Solitary Confinement, by Charles Patrick Norman
Geezer in the Hole by Robert Platshorn
Solitary by Wilbert Rideau
Imprisoned in the First Control Unit for Women by Susan Rosenberg
De Profundis by Oscar Wilde
Life on Level 3, Texas Death Row by Thomas Bartlett Whitaker
Stories and Poems
Changing Prayer by Marco Robertson
Juvies by Anonymous (with photos by Ara Oshagan)
What Prisoners Have… by Christian J. Weaver
Books, Pamphlets, and Zines
Survival in Solitary: A Manual Written by and for People Living in Control Units. Published by the American Friends Service Committee’s Stopmax Campaign, the manual includes many letters, poems, and drawings by current and former prisoners in solitary confinement.
Blogs and Web Sites
Coyote Calling: A blog of writings by Coyote Sheff, a prisoner in lockdown at Ely State Prison, Nevada.
