Minutes Before Six

Minutes Before Six is the voices of men and women on the inside of prisons all across America. Read new pieces every Thursday.

[“Mark Berman” @markberman]

Federal judge blocks all of the upcoming executions scheduled in Arkansas, following a state judge's similar move https://t.co/S2pEXbcGDr

[Solitary Watch @solitarywatch]

A Schizophrenic Man Is Being Executed Next Week in Arkansas After Spending 14 Years in #SolitaryConfinement - https://t.co/ave7rMaok6

[Reprieve @Reprieve]

Ahead of mass lethal injection in Arkansas, drug companies intervene in court over state's misuse of their products: https://t.co/7eAf05VDSx

[Minutes Before Six @MinutesBefore6]

This week we share a raw and honest essay by Christian discussing his substance addiction and eventual sobriety
https://t.co/kY3nGPUWdi

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This week we've shared a very poignant essay by Michael Wayne Hunter in California. Well worth a read.

https://t.co/DDjuEoQrLc

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This week we share another brilliant piece by Thomas Bartlett Whitaker. Please take the time to read it and comment
https://t.co/SfvryAE1rc

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This week we shared a brilliant piece by Samuel Hawkins which brings up some significant issues
https://t.co/nZJpNMmc6p

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This week a share a brilliant and emotive piece by Michael "Yasir" Belt

https://t.co/OI2hQz9P6u

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"While we were in the DC jail, the same government that imprisoned us for holding a banner executed Ricky Gray." https://t.co/OSYj4t0SsX

[Conservatives Concerned @CCATDP]

The Death Penalty on Trial https://t.co/8z31Ew5Mp5

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“we’re doing is taking people with most serious illness, and they’re sitting in jail, usually in isolation...this a human rights abuse,” https://t.co/AhlZYo68qg

[Solitary Watch @solitarywatch]

Paying big for use of solitary confinement in New Mexico -
https://t.co/UhGnbayjIq via @CrucesSunNews

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Awful to read https://t.co/kJ1NdWd1TE

[Solitary Watch @solitarywatch]

When Jail Becomes a Death Sentence - https://t.co/1RFoAYa31G via @Shareaholic

[Solitary Watch @solitarywatch]

Canada’s family doctors push to ban solitary confinement in prisons /via @globeandmail https://t.co/rVeKS15YvG

[Minutes Before Six @MinutesBefore6]

An all too familiar story https://t.co/bjUtWx1sPM

[Solitary Watch @solitarywatch]

Prison guards were warned but did nothing to prevent Virginia man's suicide in #solitaryconfinement, lawsuit says - https://t.co/FtckomwjvC

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An excerpt from Conttol Units & Supermaxes: A National Security Threat by Joseph Dole. Excellent ready as always
https://t.co/abTV6Aq7RA

[Rep. Chris Rabb @RepRabb]

There's a rumor circulating that I'm going to introduce a bill to abolish the #deathpenalty in PA. The rumor's true.

[NACDL @NACDL]

#SCOTUS says race-based testimony discriminated against black death row inmate @scotusreporter @washingtonpost https://t.co/hK0lKGO0Rb

[Minutes Before Six @MinutesBefore6]

“Solitary confinement for children is torture and causes life-long damage,” https://t.co/WlT9XlmYIr

[Solitary Watch @solitarywatch]

Victory: Judge Issues Order to Stop Use of Solitary Confinement on Children in NY Jail - https://t.co/pjVZ6JZOTh