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Voices from Solitary: A Little Taste of "Freedom"

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Voices from Solitary: A Little Taste of "Freedom" James Ridgeway and Jean Casella | September 27, 2010 at 12:41 pm | http://solitarywatch.com/author/jamesridgewayandjeancasella/ It's a measure of the torment of solitary confinement that by comparison, life in the general population of a maximum security prison could seem like paradise. Joseph Aragon was"validated" as a gang member and placed in solitary confinement at Corcoran's Security Housing Unit, even though he renounced his membership 13 years ago and is now 52 years old. In an August Voices from Solitary post, Aragon recounted what were then his most recent experiences: I spent the better part of 2008 and part of 2009 in a cell without any glass in a 2 foot by 4 foot window frame...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on September 28, 2010 (boomark / email).