crime-and-punishment
Happy Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Do the Right Thing
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What It Is Like to Spend 25 Years in Solitary Confinement
Hamilton Nolan · 03/14/13 01:21PM![](http://d20hvt89h2l7r8.cloudfront.net/18hha4yu22dh6png/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.png)
In February of 1987, deputies were transporting inmate William R. Blake to court in Dewitt, New York, to face drug and robbery charges. Blake grabbed a deputy's gun and shot two officers, killing one. He was apprehended immediately. For the past 25 years, Blake has been in solitary confinement in a prison in upstate New York. He will not leave prison alive.