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Solitary Watch

Crime

A Sentence Worse Than Death

The author on his 25 years in solitary confinement.

William Blake Solitary Watch Mar 2013 15min Permalink

Crime

Fortresses of Solitude

Inside Florence, Colorado’s ADX prison, possibly one of the most isolated places on Earth, where Tommy Silverstein has spent the last 27 years without human contact.

  1. Part 1: The Alcatraz of the Rockies

  2. Part 2: Showdown at the Colorado State Penitentiary

James Ridgeway, Jean Casella Solitary Watch Feb 2011 30min Permalink