
Thereare100,000UScitizensinsolitaryconfinementacrossthecountry,astaggeringnumberpromptingcommentfrombothPresidentObamaandthePope.SituatedinruralVirginia,300milesfromanyurbancenter,RedOnionStatePrisonisoneofover40supermaxprisonsacrosstheUSbuilttoholdprisonersineight-by-ten-footcellsfor23hoursaday.Withunprecedentedaccess,directorKristiJacobsonoffersarevealingandmovingportraitoflifeinsidesolitaryconfinement.Filmedoverthecourseofoneyear,thiseye-openingfilmbraidsstarkprisonimagery,storiesfromcorrectionofficers,andintimatereflectionsfromthemenwhoarelockedupinisolation.Theinmatessharethepathsthatledthemtoprisonandtheirdailystrugglestomaintaintheirsanity.Throughthemovingstoriesofthepeoplewhoareimmersedinthissystem,SOLITARYoffersararewindowintolifeonbothsidesofthebarsandpromptschallengingcorequestionsaboutpunishmentinAmericatoday.<br/> —DanHunt

