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The High Cost of a Conversation From Cuyahoga County Jail

Phone calls from this Ohio county jail cost eight times as much as calls from any Ohio state prison.

Cleveland • 02.01.2023

Prison Money Diaries: What People Really Make (and Spend) Behind Bars

We asked people in prison to track their earning and spending — and bartering and side hustles — for 30 days. Their accounts reveal a thriving underground economy behind bars.

Life Inside • 08.04.2022

First Big Scoop: Student Journalists Expose High School’s Use of Prison Labor

“Whatever would come of this, they wouldn’t expel me or anything,” said a 17-year-old reporter. “I’m just presenting the facts.”

News • 06.24.2019

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