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Prison Writers Staff2021-04-14T18:26:50-04:00Featured Article, Lifers & Solitary, Reform & Reentry|

A Long Time in Solitary In a Supermax Prison

I have a very intimate understanding of the effects of long-term isolation on a person's mental and physical health. I spent a long time in solitary -- a decade -- involuntarily entombed in isolation at the notorious Tamms Supermax Prison in southern Illinois.

By Joseph Dole

Prison Writers Staff2020-07-04T08:06:11-04:00Fellow Inmates|

Does Racial Integration in Prisons Work?

In the past several years, there have been numerous court rulings that have declared segregation in prison housing unconstitutional. The United States as a whole has abandoned old policies of segregation for 50 years – everywhere but the prison system. [...]

By Sherman Davis

Prison Writers Staff2020-03-19T11:19:54-04:00Going to Prison|

How I Earned A “White Flower” in Prison

Here I was, months into a jail sentence that was going to be the beginning of my prison sentence. I had no idea how many years I was going to get in the slammer this time. The fact that I was [...]

By Paul Gardner