Jeffrey McKee is a writer imprisoned in Washington State and contributes to the Prison Journalism Project, a national news organization that trains incarcerated writers to become journalists and publishes their work. This story is the first in a partnership between MindSite News and PJP that aims to illuminate mental health issues inside prisons.
In 2019, more than 55,000 incarcerated Americans had spent the past 15 days in solitary confinement. Jeffrey McKee was one, and he writes about the impact it had on his psyche.
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