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Joseph Dole is currently serving a life sentence without parole at Tamms state supermax prison in Illinois. For the past eight years, he has been in solitary confinement (under conditions described by Dole himself here, and detailed in recent newspaper exposés here and here). His writing has been honored by the PEN American Center’s Prison Writing Contest and appears […]

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Tamms

Voices from Solitary: The Meaning of “Life”

Voices from Solitary: American Supermax

Voices from Solitary: Hunger Strike in Menard Prison

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

Seven Days in Solitary [8/3/2014]

Seven Days in Solitary [11/16/2014]

Seven Days in Solitary [3/8/2015]

Leading Mental Health Experts Urge Illinois Legislators to Close Tamms Supermax

Testimony from Hearing on Closure of Tamms Supermax Prison

Shutting Down a Supermax: An Interview With Alan Mills of the Uptown People’s Law Center

Tamms Supermax Prison Closure Temporarily Halted

Tamms Supermax: Report Reveals More Guards Than Prisoners, Soaring Costs

The Art of Activism: Closing Tamms Supermax

Rising Criticism of Tamms Illinois Supermax

The End of Tamms Supermax

Working from the Inside Out

Illinois Governor Proposes Closing Controversial Tamms Supermax Prison

Federal Judge: Extended Solitary Confinement Causes “Lasting Psychological Damage and Emotional Harm”

Supermax Prisons: “21st Century Asylums”

Obama and Bureau of Prisons Lowball Supermax Costs

Judge Rules Procedures at Tamms Supermax Violate Constitution