Photo by Lori Waselchuk
Window into Solitary
Special Summer 2025 Issue
This special issue includes portraits and stories of solitary confinement by 17 formerly incarcerated individuals with extensive experience in solitary. In addition to powerful photographic images, the exhibit includes written testimony by the participants about their experiences in solitary confinement and their thoughts about its widespread use across the U.S. carceral system.
Guest Editor: Christopher Blackwell
Photographs: Brian Branch-Price, Deborah Espinosa, Brian Frank, Lori Waselchuk
Writing: Deborah Zalesne
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Window Into Solitary
Portraits and testimonies from John "Divine G" Whitfield, Anisah Sabur & Dolores Canales
by Brian Branch-Price
by Lori Waselchuk
Portraits and testimonies from Gail Brashear, Jessica Sylvia, Eugene Youngblood, & Marriam Oliver
by Deborah Espinosa
Portraits and testimonies from Troy Williams, Rubin Lee Williams & Richard "Razor" Johnson
by Brian Frank
Other Essays
Behind the Walls: A Woman’s Perspective on Solitary Confinement
By Kwaneta Harris
In the Hole: Five incarcerated men on the minute-by-minute experience of solitary confinement
By Christopher Blackwell, Aaron Edward Olson, Antoine Davis, Raymond Williams, and Jonathan Kirkpatrick
Book Reviews
SOLITARY: The Inside Story of Supermax Isolation and How We Can Abolish It
By Terry Allen Kupers
Review by E. Paris Whitfield
SOLITARY: Unbroken by four decades in solitary confinement. My story of transformation and hope.
By Albert Woodfox with Leslie George
Review by Antoine E. Davis
ENDING ISOLATION: The Case Against Solitary Confinement
By Christopher Blackwell and Deborah Zalesne with Kwaneta Harris and Terry Allen Kupers
Review by Sarah Sax
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