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The 6x9 podcast

Between 80,000 and 100,000 people are currently in solitary confinement in the US. This audio series gives first hand accounts from those who have experienced it. Find out more about the 6x9 project here 

5 May 2016

  • 6x9 Portraits series. Johnny Perez. Shot by Tim Knox, March 2016.

    'I ask myself if I'm losing touch with reality' – solitary confinement in The Story podcast

    Johnny Perez looks back on his time in solitary confinement, during which he questioned his sense of reality

4 May 2016

  • 6x9 Portraits series. Five Omar Mualimm-ak. Shot by Tim Knox, March 2016.

    'Imagine nobody recognising that you exist' – The Story podcast

    Five Omar Mualimm-ak was in solitary confinement for five years in one consecutive period. He describes how it affected his mental health

3 May 2016

  • 6x9 Portraits series. Victor Pate. Shot by Tim Knox, March 2016.

    'The collateral damage of solitary never goes away' – The Story podcast

    Victor Pate describes the fear he experienced in solitary confinement, where he spent two years

2 May 2016

  • 6x9 Portraits series. Tyrrell Muhammad. Shot by Tim Knox, March 2016.

    ‘I suffered hallucinations in solitary’ – The Story podcast

    Tyrrell Muhammad talk of his seven years in solitary confinement, where he experienced psychotic episodes and felt like he would never get out

1 May 2016

  • Delores Canales, formerly incarcerated in solitarty confinement poses for a portrait in Fullerton, Orange County, California on 23rd March 2016 Pic © Dan Tuffs. +1 310 774 1780 www.dantuffs.com

    'My son is also in solitary now so it’s a cycle' – The Story podcast

    Dolores Caneles was put in solitary confinement for nine months after being caught with drugs. Her son now is in solitary confinement. She explains how she survived her period of isolation

30 April 2016

  • Steven Czifra poses for a portrait in his office in Berkeley, California on Friday, April 1, 2016. 6x9

    'Boredom in solitary confinement is like nothing else' – The Story podcast

    Steven Czifra describes how he coped with solitary confinement by reading and drawing. But eight years in solitary led Steven to become violent

29 April 2016

  • 6x9 Portraits series. CHECK ID : Marcell Neil. Shot by Tim Knox, March 2016.

    'I couldn’t understand if it was fake or real' – solitary confinement in The Story podcast

    Marcell Neal talks about his experience of solitary confinement, his feelings of paranoia and the fact that he missed the birth of his daughter

28 April 2016

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    Psychologists discuss solitary confinement – The Story podcast

    Craig Haney and Terry Kupers explain why solitary confinement causes psychological damage

27 April 2016

  • 3 cellstill 14Jan PROOF

    Solitary confinement in the US – audio documentary

    As part of the 6x9 project looking at life in a prison isolation cell, Gary Younge discusses the practice of solitary confinement in the US and considers the possible ways out
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