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- ↑ Thomas Bartlett Whitaker Voices From Solitary: Solitary Watch. July 7, 2016, Retrieved March 24, 2018.
- ↑ Kadambari Wade Voices From Death Row: A Prisoner Writes An Ode To ‘Living Dyingly’, January 22, 2015, Retrieved June 15, 2018.
- ↑ Andrea Jones Prison Writing & Political Will The American Reader, Retrieved March 24, 2018.
- ↑ Jessica Hopper Death Row Bloggers Get Help From Victims, September 13, 2011, Retrieved June 15, 2018.
- ↑ Bell Gale Chevigny Minutes Before Six Pen America, April 30, 2013, Retrieved March 24, 2018.