Human Parts
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Human Parts

Shaka Senghor

Mar 14, 2020

13 min read

Lived Through This

What 4 Years in Solitary Confinement Taught Me About Surviving Isolation

I turned my prison cell into a space of enlightenment, creativity, and higher learning

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PPeople around the world are swarming grocery stores, hustling to buy as much hand sanitizer, water, and toilet paper as they can. One by one…

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